Illustrations of Japan.[日本風俗図誌 (「日本における式典:婚礼と葬儀、ならびに歴代将軍図譜」 英訳版)] 1822
title
ILLUSTRATIONS OF JAPAN; CONSISTING OF PRIVATE MEMOIRS AND ANECDOTES OF THE REIGNING DYNASTY OF THE DJOGOUNS, OR SOVEREIGNS OF JAPAN; A DESCRIPTION OF THE FEASTS AND CEREMONIES OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AT THEIR COURT; AND OF THE CEREMONIES CUSTOMARY AT MARRIAGES AND FUNERALS: TO WHICH ARE SUBJOINED, OBSERVATIONS ON THE LEGAL SUICIDE OF THE JAPANESE, REMARKS ON THEIR POETRY, AN EXPLANATION OF THEIR MODE OF RECKONING TIME, PARTICULARS RESPECTING THE DOSIA POWDER, THE PREFACE OF A WORK BY CONFOUTZEE ON FILIAL PIETY, &c. &c. BY M. TITSINGH, FORMERLY CHIEF AGENT TO THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY AT NANGASAKI. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH, BY FREDERIC SHOBERL. WITH COLOURED PLATES, FAITHFULLY COPIED FROM JAPANESE ORIGINAL DESIGNS.
imprint
LONDON: PRINTED FOR R. ACKERMANN, 101, STRAND. MDCCCXXII [1822].
physical description
(4), [i]-xvi, [1]-325, (3) pp.4to. (300×250mm)
notes
binding: leather, round back
condition: reading copy
spine title: ILLUSTRATIONS OF JAPAN
ex-libris: KING'S INNS LIBRARY DUBLIN.
identifier
[DS/809/Ti] (000141887)