 |
GetTextbooks.com
Compare Prices & Save up to 90% |
|
|
|
| Login | Sign up | My Wish List |
 | | Early Japanese Books in Cambridge University Library: A Catalogue of the Aston, Satow and von Siebold Collections (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications) by Nozomu Hayashi (Editor), Peter Kornicki (Editor) ISBN-10: 0521364965 ISBN-10: 0-521-36496-5 ISBN-13: 9780521364966 ISBN-13: 978-0-521-36496-6 Hardcover 1991-03-29 Cambridge University Press Find Lowest Price |
Editorials | ||
Product Description This is a complete catalogue, in Japanese with a parallel Japanese/English introduction, of early books acquired by the diplomats W. G. Aston, Ernest Satow, and Heinrich von Siebold in Japan, mostly in the 1860s and 1870s. Of the 2,500 items, some are manuscripts and some movable-type books from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; the bulk, however, are wood-block printed books of the Edo period (1600-1868). Many items are rare or unique and are being described in print for the first time. The editors' introduction outlines the history of the collection, identifying some of the more important items and explaining the bibliographical principles on which the catalogue has been compiled. The entries that follow give title, author/editor/illustrator, date of publication and/or printing, all participating publishers, and the seals of previous owners. | ||