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Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

Estimate €200 - €300
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Asia – Japan Papinot, Edmond Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. With 300 illustrations, 18 appendices and several maps. Includes 12 colour maps on 11 double leaves and 2 plans. Tokyo and Yokohama, Sansaisha and Kelly & Walsh, c. 1909. 2 leaves, XIV, 842 pp., 1 folio, large 8°. Cloth with black-stamped cover and gold-stamped title on the spine (worn, corners bumped). Cordier, BJ 694. – First English edition of the seminal encyclopaedia on the history and geography of Japan (first published in French in 1899 in Hong Kong as ‘Dictionnaire japonais-français...’ and under the title ‘Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie’ in Tokyo in 1906). – With an ownership entry by the philosopher Robert Schinzinger (1898–1988). – Browned due to the paper; maps with waterstains. Asia. - First English edition of Papinot’s comprehensive alphabetical catalogue: people, places, events and terminology. An essential reference work on Japanese history and culture. - With an ownership inscription by the philosopher Robert Schinzinger. - Browned due to the paper; maps foxed.
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