Diary of the First Japanese Embassy to The United States of America. Two Volumes (one in English language; the other in Japanese language) in Slipcase

HEAVY. Foreword to second printing by Nobusuke Kishi, Society President. The English version: 336pp, bibliographical notes, members of the Embassy, officers, crew of Kanrin-maru, tinted end-papers. Limited edition sticker laid down on the title page verso. The prev owner's book plate is laid down on the front paste-down of the Japanese language book but has been lost (the outline only remains) from the English language book. Both volumes green cloth boards, gilt. In slipcase numbered 293. The diary was sent to Washington in 1860 as the first of the series of embassies specially sent abroad by the Tokugawa Shogunate. The book was republished on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of The America-Japan Society. Size: 8vo.