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[Tokyo 1954, Oranda Taishiguan]. Stiff buff wrappers, texts in English, Japanese & Dutch,14.7 x 21 cm.,72p., chronology, about 20 b.w. photos, covers a bit 'toned' as usual,contents bright & clean. * * SECOND & BEST EDITION * * . *** **** *** . . THE MOST OBSCURE AND VALUABLE EXHIBITION CATALOGUE . . . ISSUED BY THE DUTCH EMBASSY, TOKYO . . . CELEBRATING DUTCH-JAPANESE RELATIONSHIP . . . WITH A GRAND EXHIBITION OF HUNDREDS OF ORIGINAL . . . VINTAGE PERIOD ITEMS FROM 1600 ONWARDS . * This is a legendary and obscure illustrated catalog. This exhibition celebrates the recent find in Japan and discovery of a large group of books in the Dutch language. . It is also coincidentally a celebrating 350 years of relationship between Holland and Japan. . The exhibition was organized by Prof. OGATA, Tomio President of the Institute for the Study of Material Contained in Netherlands Books, Tokyo. The exhibition was held at the Nihon Bashi Maruzen department store. . * Subjects of the books discovered: Include original period books about or with: Dutch language or grammars, paintings, drawings, letters, medical books, anatomical books, Hanko [seals/chops], Batavia, Amsterdam, terrestrial globes, astronomy, natural history, English sailing history, botany, chemistry, nature, geography, travel, voyages, books about Japan, circumnavigation, military affairs & weapons, mariner's history, law, politics, economics, Nagasaki, Edo & travel within Japan by Hollanders, philosophy, Philipp Franz von Siebold writings &c. . Chronology of Dutch history, with a catalog of exhibited objects &c. . *** EDITION: This is the Second & best improved edition of the catalogue. . *** Color photos are posted to our web site. . *** CONDITION: The work is bound in the publisher's stiff wrappers, as usual paper of this vintage is toned but solidly bound. Covers have a touch of usual but minor spine wear, rubbing and likewise for the corners as well. Contents is by and large clean, there are a few minor notes written in English of translation of Dutch words & so on by a Japanese for clarification. Else an excellent example of an obscure and legendary catalog. . *.
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