(Japan, History, Art, Travel.) Engelbert Kaempfer: 'The Hist...

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(Japan, History, Art, Travel.) Engelbert Kaempfer: 'The History of Japan. Together with a Description of the Kingdom of Siam 1690-92', Glasgow, 1906, 3 volumes, portrait frontis + 162 illustrations (including large folding map at end of vol. III) as called for, uniform original cloth gilt; S. Bing: 'Artistic Japan: A Monthly Illustrated Journal of Arts and Industries', London, Sampson Low, May 1888-February 1891, 12 assorted issues, comprising No.'s 1, 3, 5, 6, 8-12, 25, 26 & 33, numerous colour plates and b/w ills. throughout, each folio (34 x 25cm), original pictorial wraps (several with wraps detached but present, chipped/worn at edges), housed in original blue cloth portfolio, large mounted colour illustration to front cover, ribbon ties; Henri L. Joly: 'Legend in Japanese Art', London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1908, 16 colour plates + numerous b/w plates as called for, large 4to, original pictorial cloth gilt, all edges gilt; Douglas Sladen: 'Queer Things about Japan', L, Anthony Treherne, 1904, 2nd impression, colour frontis + 6 pages of colour plates + 30 b/w plates + pictorial end papers as called for, all after Hokusai, orig. cloth gilt (rubbed), top edge gilt; F. Hadland Davis; Evelyn Paul (ill.): 'Myths & Legends of Japan', L, Harrap, 1912, 32 colour plates by Evelyn Paul as called for, orig. decorative leather gilt, top edge gilt; D.C. Angus: 'Japan: The Eastern Wonderland', Cassell, 1910, 4 colour plates + numerous b/w plates as called for, orig. pictorial cloth gilt; Gaston Cerfberr: 'Contes Japonais', Paris, 1893, b/w ills. throughout, orig. pictorial wraps, glassine d/w; R.M. Knutsen: 'Japanese Polearms', 1963, 1st edition, b/w ills. throughout, orig. cloth gilt, d/w; plus 8 others similar including the floating world/ukiyo-e etc (18)