Edgren J S (9 results)

Paper wrappers. First edition. 62 pp. Illus. with 36 color and b/w reproductions. 8vo. In English. 51 page article followed by brief Japanese text and Swedish abstract of Edgren's article. Shelfwear else a near fine copy.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Mailer laid in from J.S. Edgren Oriental Books and Art. Book is lightly read. Finding no markings in book. Binding is fine. Fold mark on front cover bottom corner.

Cloth. Condition: Fair. Third Edition. 1902. Ex-Library Book In Green Clothbound Boards. In Fair Condition. Front Board Loosening From Binding. Top Of Spine Is Damaged. Dust On Top Edge Of Pages. Interior Is Good, Sparse Pencil Markings Throughout, Otherwise Clean Copy. Size 24Mo. 270 Pages. Text Is In Swedish, Translates To Drug Use And Dosage: Brief Summary For Practitioner. This Book Is Part Of The Archibald Church Library Collection, Northwestern University Medical School. Size: 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 6 essays. English & Swedish. Illustrated.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Swedish edition. (Medicine, Pharmacology, Books in Swedish) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. xv, 388p. Paper bd.

XV, (1), 388 pp. Häftad. (Acta Bibliothecae Regiae Stockholmiensis 33).

Green wrappers, 8vo, xv, 388 pp. 1,082 entries. A valuable and uncommon bibliographical catalogue. Nordenskiold, the Swedish explorer, assembled this collection of Japanese illustrated books in 1879 after leading his famous expedition on the Veda through the "North-East Passage", from Sweden to Japan via the Bering Strait. During his subsequent stay in Japan Nordenskiold saw that the turmoil of the times gave him an unrepeatable book-buying opportunity : valuable older works were being completely disregarded. Seizing his chance, he commissioned a young Japanese assistant to scour the country and quickly built up this splendid collection of mainly pre-1869 works, the great majority of which are illustrated with woodcuts. There are works in most fields but the coverage is particularly strong in history, Buddhism and poetry. Edgren gives each of the 1,082 items in the catalogue a full bibliographic description, giving author and title details in both Japanese and English, with all other details (date, original price, size, provenance etc) in English. Many entries are briefly annotated. Classified arrangement, the main divisions being: General; Shintoism; Buddhism; Language; Literature; Music & Drama; History; Geography; Government, Law & Economics; Education; Physical Sciences; Medicine; Industries; Fine Arts; Amateur Arts; Military Arts; Sinology & Chinese Works. With a title index and a personal name index, and a concordance of cross-references to de Rosny's 1883 catalogue. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title, front wrapper a trifle creased, otherwise Near Fine.

Stockholm 1980, [Royal Library]. Green stiff wrs., very good 388p., slight bump to corner, contents clean, concordance, with 1082 excellent entries with full bibliographic descrip- tion for each, with English & Japanese characters. OBSCURE ! With 1082 entries with full bibliographic notes , Also with personal name & book title index. . The A.E .Nordenskiold collection of Japanese illustrated books was made in Japan 100 years ago as a direct result of the famous & celebrated successful voyage of the "VEGA" through the so-called North-east Passage: from Sweden over the Northern waters of Russia and through the Bering Strait. * The world-famous expedition was led by Adolf Erik Nordenskiold [18 Nov. 1832-12 Aug. 1901], who with his officers and crew spend the months of September & October, 1879 in Japan before proceeding on to Sweden by the Southerly route and through the Mediterranean Sea. * Nordenskiold related the history & findings of the expedition in an eminently readable, popular report of the journey, in 2 vols. entitled THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA AROUND ASIA AND EUROPE, London & N.Y., 1881.It contains three chapters devoted to the 2 months in Japan, in which brief mention of the book collection is made. *** From a Swedish translation: "An even more valuable contribution to the knowledge of Japan's older history & its people's ancient culture is provided by the rather extensive Japanese book collection that I succeeded to bring together during my brief stay there. I was assisted by a young Japanese.on my account he searched through the stocks of countless antiquarian book dealers in Yokohama, Tokyo & Kyoto.I was guided by the desire to be able to bring home a more valuable & more enduring memento than could be conveyed by the natural history collections." Thus it was very clear, during his visit the old feudal estates were being confiscated & the dispersal of a large number of historical & family collections of arms, armor, old books were completely disregarded & went to curio & book stores in great numbers." * This major and hitherto most OBSCURE bibliographical resource offers the collector a new & keen insight to a whole genre of E-hon many of which are NOT listed in the other standard reference bibliographies of the past. The preface offers a rich history of the collection and the first attempt at cataloging by Leon de Rosny, which was severely flawed. * A major resource for pre-Meiji books. Each entry shows the Romanized, Kanji author & title with English notes on date, original price, size, Rosny and other reference citations, with notes on the covers & title labels. The whole work is organized in the traditional subject format following that of the Naikaku Bunko with sections on: general, Shintoism, Buddhism, language, literature, music and drama, history, geography, government -law -economics, education, physical sciences, medicine, industries, fine arts and amateur arts, military arts, Sinology and Chinese works, book & personal name index. An essential reference for any collector or student of E-hon. *.