[Rarebooks] FS: Narrative of life in Japan by a Russian officer. London: 1819

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(JAPAN) Golownin, Vasilii Mikhailovich. RECOLLECTIONS OF JAPAN;
Comprising a Particular Account of the Religion, Language, Government,
Laws, Manners of the People... London: H. Colburn. 1819. First edition.
viii,lxxxix,(1),302pp. Later 19th century calf over marbled
boards. $1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
Valuable narrative of life in Japan by a Russian naval captain, here
translated into English for the first time. He had previously published
his "Narrative of a Three-Years' Captivity in Japan." See Cordier,
JAPONICA, 465.

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