Author

PERRY, Matthew C; Francis L. Hawks.

Title

Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan;
performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C.Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the United States. Compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers, at his request, and under his supervision.

Published, Date

Congress of the United States, Washington1856.

Description

First edition. 3 volumes, 4to., 101 tinted lithographed plates, 22 maps and charts, some folding, 20 hand-coloured lithographed natural history plates, 3 colour facsimiles of Japanese paintings, 16 meteorological diagrams and 352 full-page wood-engraved astronomical charts, occasional marginal damp-staining or spotting, original cloth, rebacked and recornered in black crushed morocco, spines gilt, a handsome set.

Note

With the unlisted and often suppressed nude bathing plate at p.405 and the photographer plate opposite p.194 in vol.1. Perry was in charge of the expedition to establish diplomatic relations with Japan and it was partly as a result of his mission that Japan embarked upon its modernisation programme.

References

Cordier Japonica, 513; Hill, Pacific Voyages pp. 230-31; Sabin 30958.

Stock Number

80599