Eikoku rondon shin hanjooki

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London as it is , in Japanese. A charming small-format book, in five volume complete set, containing a guide to London originally written by John Murray III, a descendant of the prominent dynasty whose roots stretch back to John Murray I (born in 1736), a publisher of Lord Byron, Jane Austen, Sir Walter Scott et al. In 1836, John Murray started a series called Murray's Handbooks for Travellers , which is well-known nowadays as the Blue Guide . This book was probably written by Murray himself and published in 1871 under the title Handbook to London as it is . The guide provides explanations about the main places of interest to travelers, for example Crystal Palace, as well as restaurants, pubs, sewing shops, newspapers, clock shops, and brothels. Five copper plate engravings, three of which are folding engraving plates showing the theater, Parliament and a splendid panorama of the Thames. One plate is a woodblock-print folding map of London. The text is printed in woodblock technique. Original Japanese fukuro toji binding, paper wrapper, with original title slip. Minor stains & very few rubbing on the wrappers. Occasional creasings at page corners on the vol.4. Some inscriptions on the page margins at vol. 1 & 2. Otherwise clean, near fine to fine condition. 5 volumes complete, 18.4x12.7cm, vol.1, [6]+42 leaves, vol.2 [1]+44 leaves, vol.3 [1]+45 leaves, vol.4 [1]+44 leaves, vol.3 [1]+45 leaves. Text in Japanese. N° de ref. del artículo 1070

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