Author

GOLOVNIN, Vasilii Mikhailovich

Title

Memoirs of a captivity in Japan,
during the years 1811, 1812, and 1813; with observations on the country and the people ...

Published, Date

Colburn, London,1824.

Description

Second edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, bound without the half-titles, scattered light foxing, original blindstamped brown cloth gilt, an excellent set. Provenance: Newton Hall (armorial bookplate).

Note

The second volume includes the account of Golovnin's deputy, P.I. Rikord, who conducted the negotiations for his commander's release. The third volume contains an account of the fur-trading voyages to the Northwest coast of America conducted by Khvostov and Davydov. The original English edition appeared in 1818 in two volumes entitled "Narrative of my Captivity in Japan", with the third volume appearing separately as "Recollections of Japan" in 1819; the present edition is the first publication of the three together as a set. The Russian original appeared in 1816.

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Stock Number

83842