TITSINGH M (8 resultados)

London 1822, Ackerman. A hand-colored etching, double illus- trations, very clean, on a sheet 29.5 x 21.4 cm., a solid example of early Nagasaki related material, with English titles & captions. FIRST & ONLY EDITION . *** **** *** . . FROM AN EARLY PRIMARY RESOURCE WRITTEN IN NAGASAKI . . * This work was from Titsing's famous book: ILLUSTRATIONS OF JAPAN: Consisting of Private Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Reigning Dynasty of the Djoguouns [sic for Shoguns], or Sovereigns of Japan. A Description of their Feasts and Ceremonies Observed Throughout the Year at their Court. . Based on the author's primary observation of the Shoguns. . Titsingh was part of the Dutch East India Company, who lived on the small island in Nagasaki bay, Deshima. . Extracted from M. Isaac Titsingh's: ILLUSTRATIONS OF JAPAN: Consisting Of Private Memoirs And Anecdotes Of The Reigning Dynasty Of the Djoguouns, Or Sovereigns Of Japan. A Description Of Their Feasts And Ceremonies Observed Throughout The Year At Their Court, London 1822. . See our website for other items by Titsingh. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *.

[London 1822, Ackerman]. A copper engraving, hand colored, large folding 21.5 x cm., very clean, verso mended in folds, & hinge area, English text & captions, a very RARE EXAMPLE. * * FIRST & ONLY EDITION * * . *** *** *** . . . A LARGE FOLDING HAND-COLORED COPPER-ETCHING . . This etching consists of two views of a Japanese funeral processions on one very long sheet. The Samurai are nicely dressed in formal attire and sporting two swords, while horse-mounted. ??????????????? . The upper shows the Governors, the lower of the Civil shows the Japanese officers. . Each shows the long procession of Samurai retainers, led by flag & lantern bearers, Buddhist priest, portable shrines and loyal, devoted followers & mourners. Including those from the Imperial Family in an elaborate palanquin carried by a team of retainers. . *** This work was gently extracted from Titsingh's famous book: ILLUSTRATIONS OF JAPAN: Consisting of Private Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Reigning Dynasty of the Djoguouns [sic for Shoguns], or Sovereigns of Japan. A Description of their Feasts and Ceremonies Observed Throughout the Year at their Court. . Based on the author's primary observation of the Shoguns, when he visited Edo and was introduced. The Shogun requested Titsingh to stand, rotate, dance and speak his native language. The Shogun sat behind a see-through screen to prevent Titsingh from seeing him, nevertheless the Shogun observed this strange foreigner from Nagasaki. . Titsingh was part of the Dutch East India Company, who lived on the small island in Nagasaki bay, Deshima. On an annual basis the Shogun requested prominent foreigners residing on Deshima island in Nagasaki bay to come escorted to Edo to pay homage to the Shogun. This scene was one of many Titsingh viewed on his way tither. . Seldom found from the First & Only Edition of his book, recording his sojourn in Japan, in the early 1820's. An excellent primary resource. . *** SIZE: The etching measures: 29.8 x 95 cm., with 5 vertical folds. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** CONDITION: This is an original hand-color tinted copper etched illustration. There are several vertical mends to the folds & hinges, the work is stable and ready for framing and display. . *.

Paris 1834, Oriental Translation Fund. Green pebbled cloth, spine neatly rebacked in matching green goat leather, gold stamped spine titles, 458p., index, large format, 22 x 29.5 cm., small stamp on title page. FIRST & ONLY EDITION Translation of the "Nippon O-dai Ichiran" [Chronology of Japanese Rulers] by Hayashi Shunsai, which was originally published in 1663. . * According to the preface the translation was made with the help of three Japanese interpreters at Nagasaki, who gave Titsingh an oral Dutch translation. Klaproth subsequently checked Titsingh's manuscript against the original Japanese text, revised it and produced a supplement for the period covering 1611-1834. . * A very important Dutch Deshima study & translation of an important study on Japan's early Imperial history. With notes and preface by M.J. Klaproth: "D'un Apercu de L'Histoire Mythologique du Japon." . * REFERENCE: H. Cordier: JAPONICA: 450. . *.

London 1834, Parbury. Full calf, raised bands, gilt stamped spine decorations, text in French, 460p., index, chronology a bright copy, Japanese text characters, ca. 22 x 28 cm. FIRST & ONLY EDITION R A R E Translation of the "Nippon O-dai Ichiran" [Chronology of Japanese Rulers] by Hayashi Shunsai, which was originally published in 1663. . * According to the preface the translation was made with the help of three Japanese interpreters at Nagasaki, who gave Titsingh an oral Dutch translation. Klaproth subsequently checked Titsingh's manuscript against the original Japanese text, revised it and produced a supplement for the period covering 1611-1834. . * A very important Dutch Deshima study & translation of an important study on Japan's early Imperial history. With notes and preface by M.J. Klaproth: "D'un Apercu de L'Histoire Mythologique du Japon." . * REFERENCE: H. Cordier: JAPONICA: 450. . *.

Paris 1820, Nepveu. Full new leather, very good, 301p., with 6 large fold-out copper etched plates, a folding chronology table, ca.12 x 20.5 cm., exceptionally bright clean paper. Cordier 449. FIRST FRENCH EDITION VERY RARE SUBTITLE: Avec la Description des Fetes et Ceremonies Obser- vees aux Differentes Epoques de l'Annee a la Cour de ces Princes, et un Appendice Contenant des Details sur la Poesie des Japonais, Leur Maniere de Diviser l'anee, &c. Ouvrage orne de planches gravees et coloriees, tire des originaux Japonais par M. Titsingh. A superb and early primary resour- ce on Japan. Magnificently engraved plates, showing illustr- ations of early 19th century Japan which, at that time, was still closed to foreigners.Titsingh was chief agent for the Dutch East India Company stationed in Nagasaki. He described feasts & ceremonies of the Japanese court, marriages, funer- als, law, poetry, chronology, furniture, earthquakes &c. He also gave valuable and new first-hand information on Japan, based on his personal observations, which otherwise were not available elsewhere. One of the most important books of time period because Japan was essentially closed to the world. A treasure and superb addition to any collection & library. By and large the most important and most valuable primary resource on Japan of that time. A marvelous resource and historic work ! Titsingh was the chief for the Dutch East India Company, and was stationed in at Deshima, a tiny isl- land reserved for the Dutch in the Nagasaki harbour. Deshima was closed off of to the rest of Japan. See H. Cordier: JAP- ONICA Japonica 449; Abbey Travel 557; Tooley 489 for more details. ALWAYS RARE. Color scans can be sent by email.

London 1822, Ackerman. Red tooled morocco leather, 325p., 25 hand-colored aquatint copper etchings in 13 plates, several fold-outs, very clean x-library copy, perforations on title & illustrations, else clean, small folio 22.7 x 29.5 cm.RARE . *** *** *** . . . ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HAND-COLORED BOOKS . . . ON JAPAN OF THE 19 CENTURY. . * SUBTITLE: continued: ".And of the Ceremonies Customary Marriages and Funerals: to Which are Subjoined, Observations of the Legal Suicide of the Japanese, Remarks on their Poetry, an Explanation of their Mode of Reckoning time, Particulars Respecting the Dosia Powder, the Preface of a Work by Confoutzee [Confucius] on Filial Piety, &c. &c. Translated from the French by Frederic Shoberl." . *** THE SUPERB COLOR COPPER-ETCHED ENGRAVINGS: . The book contains hand-tinted engravings along with color printed illustrations. . Magnificently copper-engraved color plates, showing illustrations of early 19th century Japan which, at that time, was still closed to Foreigners. Titsingh was chief agent for the Dutch East India Company stationed in Nagasaki. He described feasts & ceremonies of the Japanese court [a hand-tinted color foldout plate 98 cm. long !], marriages, funerals, law, poetry, chronology, furniture, earthquakes &c. . *** TITSINGH'S PRIMARY OBSERVATIONS: He also gave valuable and new first-hand information on Japan, based on his personal observations, which otherwise were not available elsewhere. The most important book of the time period because Japan was essentially closed to the rest of the world. With lavish hand-colored plates. . A treasure & superb addition to any collection and library. . *** By and large the most important and most valuable small folio color plate book published on Japan in English of the epoch. . *** DESHIMA ISLAND: A marvelous primary resource and historic work ! Titsingh was the chief for the Dutch East India Company, and was stationed in at Deshima, a tiny island reserved for the Dutch in the Nagasaki harbour. Deshima was closed off of to the rest of Japan. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** SPECIFIC COPY DETAILS: . COPY 1: The Binding: Bound in full recent red moroccan leather, gold-stamped rule lines, 5 raised bands, marbled endpapers, firmly bound and solid. A fine example of excellent workmanship and binding, about as good as it can get. . Contents: This copy has a perforated library name on the back side of the color frontispiece, and on the right side of the title page barely touching the last 3 letters of "Nagasaki." This is on several other pages and all of the color plates. . There is also a red oval library stamp with "withdrawn" stamped in black on this page. . The title page has the same perforated library name, in the right margin, partially over the last 3 letters of "Nagasaki.". . There is an identical oval red stamp over the word: "Printed" [For R. Ackerman]." . The title page has somef eint foxing please see photos posted to our website for details, see spine.jpg, and images: illus09.jpg through illus14.jpg for this copy details. . Several other pages have occasional feint foxing through out. . Otherwise the contents are bright, clean, no marks or stains. . The book looks stunningly beautiful in is superb binding. . * COPY 2: IN THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S RED CLOTH BINDING: The Binding: . This book is bound in the original [1822] red blind-stamped cloth, with gild spine titles and front & back cover embossed & gilt-stamped oval design, reading: "THE SOCIETY OF WRITERS TO THE SIGNET." . Below that is the blind-stamped impression of a Chinese man and woman in elaborate robes, looks like the publisher didn t know the difference between Japanese & Chinese. . The original cloth spine has been laid over a pebbled red-matching cloth spine. There is some minor loss to the original spine near the head & tail. The top and bottom edges are a bit rubbed, and the corners are bent, rubbed. There are 2 small lines of what looks like period black writing ink, about 1 cm., & 1.5 cm. long, by 1-2 mm. wide on the front lower cover. . The Contents: . The title page and hand-colored frontispiece as well as all of the plates and text are bright, superbly clean and in fresh condition, no transfer or issues. There is a touch of the usual minor bit of 'toning' to the leading edges of the signatures as usual. . See photos on our website, illus08.jpg & illus09.jpg. . * COPY 3: Binding: Bound in full dark purple morocco leather, with elaborate gold-stamped decorations, lines blind-stamping, five raised bands and marbled endpapers. There is some of the usual cover scuffing, scratches and small imperfections. . The inside front cover hinge was reinforced with stiff period marbled paper & a small patch inside the front cover in the left corner. The inside back hinge and marbled papers are completely intact. All edges gilt, the book is firmly bound and solid. . The contents: Contents are very bright, clean & solid, the illustrations are fine, with no transfer or issues. There is a tiny bit of the usual minor & feint signature edge 'toning' but not greatly noticible. . This copy has the armoral book plate and Coat-of-Arms of James Garland Albert Jr.,[1870-1906], an American socialite. . See 3 photos of this binding on our website: illus06.jpg, illus07.jpg & illus15.jpg. . *** REFERENCES: . google: JAMES+ALBERT+GARLAND+JR. * H. Cordier: JAPONICA Japonica 449 * Abbey Travel 557 * Tooley 489 . *.

London 1822, Ackerman. Dark purple tooled leather, raised bands, 25 hand colored aquatint copper etchings in 13 plates many fold-outs, very clean, 325p., small folio, 24 x 31.5 cm all edge gilt, gold stamped. VERY NICE COPY. QUITE RARE ! . *** *** *** . . . ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HAND-COLORED BOOKS . . . ON JAPAN OF THE 19 CENTURY. . * SUBTITLE: continued: ".And of the Ceremonies Customary Marriages and Funerals: to Which are Subjoined, Observations of the Legal Suicide of the Japanese, Remarks on their Poetry, an Explanation of their Mode of Reckoning time, Particulars Respecting the Dosia Powder, the Preface of a Work by Confoutzee [Confucius] on Filial Piety, &c. &c. Translated from the French by Frederic Shoberl." . *** THE SUPERB COLOR COPPER-ETCHED ENGRAVINGS: . The book contains hand-tinted engravings along with color printed illustrations. . Magnificently copper-engraved color plates, showing illustrations of early 19th century Japan which, at that time, was still closed to Foreigners. Titsingh was chief agent for the Dutch East India Company stationed in Nagasaki. He described feasts & ceremonies of the Japanese court [a hand-tinted color foldout plate 98 cm. long !], marriages, funerals, law, poetry, chronology, furniture, earthquakes &c. . *** TITSINGH'S PRIMARY OBSERVATIONS: He also gave valuable and new first-hand information on Japan, based on his personal observations, which otherwise were not available elsewhere. The most important book of the time period because Japan was essentially closed to the rest of the world. With lavish hand-colored plates. . A treasure & superb addition to any collection and library. . *** By and large the most important and most valuable small folio color plate book published on Japan in English of the epoch. . *** DESHIMA ISLAND: A marvelous primary resource and historic work ! Titsingh was the chief for the Dutch East India Company, and was stationed in at Deshima, a tiny island reserved for the Dutch in the Nagasaki harbour. Deshima was closed off of to the rest of Japan. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** SPECIFIC COPY DETAILS: . COPY 1: The Binding: Bound in full recent red moroccan leather, gold-stamped rule lines, 5 raised bands, marbled endpapers, firmly bound and solid. A fine example of excellent workmanship and binding, about as good as it can get. . Contents: This copy has a perforated library name on the back side of the color frontispiece, and on the right side of the title page barely touching the last 3 letters of "Nagasaki." This is on several other pages and all of the color plates. . There is also a red oval library stamp with "withdrawn" stamped in black on this page. . The title page has the same perforated library name, in the right margin, partially over the last 3 letters of "Nagasaki.". . There is an identical oval red stamp over the word: "Printed" [For R. Ackerman]." . The title page has somef eint foxing please see photos posted to our website for details, see spine.jpg, and images: illus09.jpg through illus14.jpg for this copy details. . Several other pages have occasional feint foxing through out. . Otherwise the contents are bright, clean, no marks or stains. . The book looks stunningly beautiful in is superb binding. . * COPY 2: IN THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S RED CLOTH BINDING: The Binding: . This book is bound in the original [1822] red blind-stamped cloth, with gild spine titles and front & back cover embossed & gilt-stamped oval design, reading: "THE SOCIETY OF WRITERS TO THE SIGNET." . Below that is the blind-stamped impression of a Chinese man and woman in elaborate robes, looks like the publisher didn t know the difference between Japanese & Chinese. . The original cloth spine has been laid over a pebbled red-matching cloth spine. There is some minor loss to the original spine near the head & tail. The top and bottom edges are a bit rubbed, and the corners are bent, rubbed. There are 2 small lines of what looks like period black writing ink, about 1 cm., & 1.5 cm. long, by 1-2 mm. wide on the front lower cover. . The Contents: . The title page and hand-colored frontispiece as well as all of the plates and text are bright, superbly clean and in fresh condition, no transfer or issues. There is a touch of the usual minor bit of 'toning' to the leading edges of the signatures as usual. . See photos on our website, illus08.jpg & illus09.jpg. . * COPY 3: Binding: Bound in full dark purple morocco leather, with elaborate gold-stamped decorations, lines blind-stamping, five raised bands and marbled endpapers. There is some of the usual cover scuffing, scratches and small imperfections. . The inside front cover hinge was reinforced with stiff period marbled paper & a small patch inside the front cover in the left corner. The inside back hinge and marbled papers are completely intact. All edges gilt, the book is firmly bound and solid. . The contents: Contents are very bright, clean & solid, the illustrations are fine, with no transfer or issues. There is a tiny bit of the usual minor & feint signature edge 'toning' but not greatly noticible. . This copy has the armoral book plate and Coat-of-Arms of James Garland Albert Jr.,[1870-1906], an American socialite. . See 3 photos of this binding on our website: illus06.jpg, illus07.jpg & illus15.jpg. . *** REFERENCES: . google: JAMES+ALBERT+GARLAND+JR. * H. Cordier: JAPONICA Japonica 449 * Abbey Travel 557 * Tooley 489 . *.

London 1822, Ackermann. Red original cloth, very good,small folio, gold stamped, 325p., 25 aquatint illustrations on 13 hand colored copper etched plates, many color foldouts, 25 x 32.3 cm. THE FIRST & ONLY EDITION. Q U I T E R A R E . *** *** *** . . . ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HAND-COLORED BOOKS . . . ON JAPAN OF THE 19 CENTURY. . * SUBTITLE: continued: ".And of the Ceremonies Customary Marriages and Funerals: to Which are Subjoined, Observations of the Legal Suicide of the Japanese, Remarks on their Poetry, an Explanation of their Mode of Reckoning time, Particulars Respecting the Dosia Powder, the Preface of a Work by Confoutzee [Confucius] on Filial Piety, &c. &c. Translated from the French by Frederic Shoberl." . *** THE SUPERB COLOR COPPER-ETCHED ENGRAVINGS: . The book contains hand-tinted engravings along with color printed illustrations. . Magnificently copper-engraved color plates, showing illustrations of early 19th century Japan which, at that time, was still closed to Foreigners. Titsingh was chief agent for the Dutch East India Company stationed in Nagasaki. He described feasts & ceremonies of the Japanese court [a hand-tinted color foldout plate 98 cm. long !], marriages, funerals, law, poetry, chronology, furniture, earthquakes &c. . *** TITSINGH'S PRIMARY OBSERVATIONS: He also gave valuable and new first-hand information on Japan, based on his personal observations, which otherwise were not available elsewhere. The most important book of the time period because Japan was essentially closed to the rest of the world. With lavish hand-colored plates. . A treasure & superb addition to any collection and library. . *** By and large the most important and most valuable small folio color plate book published on Japan in English of the epoch. . *** DESHIMA ISLAND: A marvelous primary resource and historic work ! Titsingh was the chief for the Dutch East India Company, and was stationed in at Deshima, a tiny island reserved for the Dutch in the Nagasaki harbour. Deshima was closed off of to the rest of Japan. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** SPECIFIC COPY DETAILS: . COPY 1: The Binding: Bound in full recent red moroccan leather, gold-stamped rule lines, 5 raised bands, marbled endpapers, firmly bound and solid. A fine example of excellent workmanship and binding, about as good as it can get. . Contents: This copy has a perforated library name on the back side of the color frontispiece, and on the right side of the title page barely touching the last 3 letters of "Nagasaki." This is on several other pages and all of the color plates. . There is also a red oval library stamp with "withdrawn" stamped in black on this page. . The title page has the same perforated library name, in the right margin, partially over the last 3 letters of "Nagasaki.". . There is an identical oval red stamp over the word: "Printed" [For R. Ackerman]." . The title page has somef eint foxing please see photos posted to our website for details, see spine.jpg, and images: illus09.jpg through illus14.jpg for this copy details. . Several other pages have occasional feint foxing through out. . Otherwise the contents are bright, clean, no marks or stains. . The book looks stunningly beautiful in is superb binding. . * COPY 2: IN THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S RED CLOTH BINDING: The Binding: . This book is bound in the original [1822] red blind-stamped cloth, with gild spine titles and front & back cover embossed & gilt-stamped oval design, reading: "THE SOCIETY OF WRITERS TO THE SIGNET." . Below that is the blind-stamped impression of a Chinese man and woman in elaborate robes, looks like the publisher didn t know the difference between Japanese & Chinese. . The original cloth spine has been laid over a pebbled red-matching cloth spine. There is some minor loss to the original spine near the head & tail. The top and bottom edges are a bit rubbed, and the corners are bent, rubbed. There are 2 small lines of what looks like period black writing ink, about 1 cm., & 1.5 cm. long, by 1-2 mm. wide on the front lower cover. . The Contents: . The title page and hand-colored frontispiece as well as all of the plates and text are bright, superbly clean and in fresh condition, no transfer or issues. There is a touch of the usual minor bit of 'toning' to the leading edges of the signatures as usual. . See photos on our website, illus08.jpg & illus09.jpg. . * COPY 3: Binding: Bound in full dark purple morocco leather, with elaborate gold-stamped decorations, lines blind-stamping, five raised bands and marbled endpapers. There is some of the usual cover scuffing, scratches and small imperfections. . The inside front cover hinge was reinforced with stiff period marbled paper & a small patch inside the front cover in the left corner. The inside back hinge and marbled papers are completely intact. All edges gilt, the book is firmly bound and solid. . The contents: Contents are very bright, clean & solid, the illustrations are fine, with no transfer or issues. There is a tiny bit of the usual minor & feint signature edge 'toning' but not greatly noticible. . This copy has the armoral book plate and Coat-of-Arms of James Garland Albert Jr.,[1870-1906], an American socialite. . See 3 photos of this binding on our website: illus06.jpg, illus07.jpg & illus15.jpg. . *** REFERENCES: . google: JAMES+ALBERT+GARLAND+JR. * H. Cordier: JAPONICA Japonica 449 * Abbey Travel 557 * Tooley 489 . *.