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 - Portrait of Takatai-Kachi. Ieder land heeft zijne gewoonten maar brave daden worden overal geacht.

Title: Portrait of Takatai-Kachi. Ieder land heeft zijne gewoonten maar brave daden worden overal geacht.
Description: Engraved, aquateint/stipple engraving on laid paper,21x13cm including margins, portrait of Takatai-Kachi, original frontispiece of the Dutch translation of the memories of Golownin, a Russian captain who was taken hostage in Japan. Original title: Mijne lotgevallen in mijn gevangenschap bij de Japanners (1817). Takatai-Kachi or Takadaya Kahei was a Japanese man taken hostage by the Russians in orde to exchange him for Golownin.

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Price: EUR 57.50 = appr. US$ 62.49 Seller: Antiquariaat Goltzius
- Book number: 70373

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