MONTANUS ARNOLDUS Gedenkwaerdige Gesantschappen der Oost Ind

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MONTANUS, ARNOLDUS. Gedenkwaerdige Gesantschappen der Oost-Indische Maetschappy in't Vereenigde Nederland, aan de Kaisaren van Japan. 24 double-page engraved plates; 71 half-page text illustrations; double-page folding engraved map. [8], 456, [15] pages, including engraved additional title. Folio, contemporary gilt-panelled calf, joints restored; light marginal dampstaining throughout, most noticeably at beginning, insignificant worming in blank lower margin of opening leaves. Amsterdam: Jacob Meurs, 1669

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first edition of a work on Dutch East India Company embassies to Japan in the mid-16th century, containing accounts of the country and its inhabitants, customs, religious practices, etc. Landwehr (VOC) 522.