Author: Casembroot, F.de
Title: De Medusa in de Wateren van Japan, in 1863 in 1864.
Description: 's-Gravenhage, De Gebroeders van Cleef, 1865. XII,[2],150 pp. 5 fold. (2 large) coloured lithogr. maps. Bound in early 20th century h.cloth binding, spine gilt., marbled boards.- With exlibris of the Scheepvaart Museum, Amsterdam (with cancellation stamp ). - One map with large repaired tear.Rare first edition of this report of the fighting of the Dutch corvette Medusa, under the command of Lieutenant Casembroot, attacked by the Japanese in the Strait of Shimonoseki on 11 july 1863. - A second edition with one frontispiece and only two maps was published within the same year. *Tiele 234; Nipponalia II, VII (2nd ed.); Cordier 579 (2nd ed.).

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