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THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE KENNETH JOHN HEWETT

K.J. Hewett (1919-1994) was a renowned London dealer in ethnographic art and antiquities. Other books from his library were offered in these rooms on 21 March 2018.
Lot 200

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MONTANUS (ARNOLDUS) Ambassades mémorables de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales des Provinces Unies, vers les empereurs du Japon, Amsterdam, Jacob de Meurs, 1680

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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JAPAN

MONTANUS (ARNOLDUS) Ambassades mémorables de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales des Provinces Unies, vers les empereurs du Japon, additional engraved pictorial title-page, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 26 engraved plates and maps (several folding), 70 engravings in the text, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving much of original gilt spine [Cordier, Japonica 385], folio (360 x 225mm.), Amsterdam, Jacob de Meurs, 1680

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The first edition in French of an important description of Japan, based upon eyewitness accounts from the missions dispatched there by the Dutch East India Company.

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