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  • IMAGO MVUNDI (MUNDI) – Vol 41 – 1989 – The Journal of The International Society for the History of Cartography.

    IMAGO MVUNDI (MUNDI) – Vol 41 – 1989 – The Journal of The International Society for the History of Cartography.

    Published by Imago Mundi, Kings College, London. Small folio, 172 pages plus advertisements. Illustrated with maps, charts and diagrams. original blue cloth with gilt titling and device. Very good condition.

    An annual publication and the pinnacle of cartographic research. Superbly presented.

    The Treasure in this publication includes … Kuni-ezu – Japanese provincial maps by Hirotada Kawamura; a French paper focused on the North-West passage with maps by Laperousee, Buache, Delisle etc; maps of the Mississippi and the Gulf of [Mexico!]; dating the oldest Portuguese maps by Alfredo Pinheiro Marques; The Ruysch World Map; the Schaffhausen Carta Marina of 1531 by Henry Bruman etc etc.

    Extensive book reviews provided an excellent bibliography for cartography enthusiasts.

    Imago Mundi cannot be improved

    $60.00

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  • Present Day Japan – Campbell Davidson – 1912

    Present Day Japan – Campbell Davidson – 1912

    Published in 1912 this is a super book on Japan by Campbell Davidson.

    Published by Fisher Unwin, London. Thick octavo, 366 pages with approx. 60 illustrations, many from period photographs. Impossible not to mention the embossed decorative cover and spine … truly makes the book.

    The author writes beautifully in the first person. After a First Impressions introduction we take in Yokohama. Travelling in Japan and what to expect … including “out-door baths”. The National Faith and hidden in there the conquest of Korea. Then on to Kyoto and its beautiful temples; Nikko and the Sacred Bridge; Tokyo its size and simplicity and a part devoted interestingly to Japanese Theatre and “the Forty-seven Ronins”.

    Japan a substantial account of early 20thC Japan.

    $90.00

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