Author: Pompe van Meerdervoort, J.C.L.
Title: Vijf jaren in Japan. (1857-1863). Bijdragen tot de kennis van het Japansche keizerrijk en zijne bevolking. [2 vols.]
Description: Leiden, Van den Heuvel & van Santen, 1867-1868. 2 vols. XII,335,(1);VI,357,(1) pp. 2 tinted lithographed frontispieces; 10 chromolithographed (finished by hand with watercolour) plates; 2 black and white lithographed plates; 1 folded lithographed map. Original publishers pictorial wrappers. In protective custom-made pictorial Japanese-style cloth box with bone clasps. - Spines very skilfully restored; frontispieces foxed, some browning & agetoning of the paper througout (due to papercuttings); former owner's stamps (one partly removed) on first-endpapers, 2 pages with small annotations in pencil in the upper-right corner.* Although some (minor) imperfections, a set in its rare original condition (no rebinding) as it was sold. Important account of Japan by J.L.C. Pompe van Meerdervoort (1829-1908) a doctor on Dejima (Deshima) from 1857 untill 1863. Van Meerdervoort founded the first Western-styled medical school / university. Cf. Cordier, col. 588; Landwehr 395; Lipperheide 1563; Tiele 873.

Keywords: Ethnography Asia Japan Etnografie Azië