1901 Oriental Series Japan China History Art Illustrated Brinkley Korea 12v RARE
Frank Brinkley spent 40 years in Japan and was a military attaché for the British legation circa 1867-1871, then an advisor to the Meiji government and an instructor at the naval gunnery school. He had a deep interest in Japanese art and literature and owned and edited the Japan mail from 1881, which later merged with the Japan Times, and was foreign correspondent of the Times of London.
This 1901 edition of Brinkley's book 'Oriental Series' is illustrated throughout with images of the history of Japan and China including two-fold out color maps!
Item number: #7510
Price: $1500
BRINKLEY, Frank
Oriental series: Japan and China
Boston, Tokyo: J.B. Millet, 1901-1902. Satsuma Edition.
Details:
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Collation: Complete with all pages
o 12 Volumes
▪ I: Japan. 260pp. The Japanese in the Nara-Heian Epoch.
▪ II: Japan. 286pp. History of the Military Epoch
▪ III: Japan. 256pp. Military Epoch (continued), Tokugawa Era
▪ IV: Japan. 267pp. Manners and Customs of Tokugawa Era, Meiji Era
▪ V: Japan. Economic Conditions, Foreign Politics, Religion and Rites.
▪ VI: Japan. 301pp. Festivals, Cumulative index to Volumes I-VI.
▪ VII: Japan. 396pp. Japanese pictorial and applied art
▪ VIII: Japan. 450pp. Ceramic Art, Early Wares, Hizen, Satsuma, Kyoto, Kaga, Owari, and Mino prefectures
▪ IX: China. 426pp. Ceramic Art, Chinese Porcelain and Pottery, Early Wares of China
▪ X: China. 273pp. The Features of the Country, Administration - Finance - Foreign Trade.
▪ XI: China. 285pp. The Propaganda and Chinese Religions, Education, Literati, Secret Societies, and Rebellions, The Second War
▪ XII: China. 292pp. Canton and Peking at Last, The Treaty and the Taipings, Modern Day, Cumulative index to Volumes X-XII.
▪ Folded Color maps of Japan, China and Korea inside back covers (v. 6, 12).
▪ Each volume with original watercolor frontispiece, executed on silk and inlaid into stiff paper, and an original watercolor on silk crepe mounted on the front and back free end papers.
▪ "Limited to 500 this is registered as number 103."
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Language: English
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Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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Size: ~9in X 6in (22.5cm x 15cm)
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