[Rarebooks] FS: 1819 Narrative of Japanese life by a Russian naval captain.

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(JAPAN) Golovnin, Vasilii Mikhailovich. RECOLLECTIONSOF JAPAN; Comprising a Particular Account of the Religion, Language,Government, Laws, Manners of the People... London: H. Colburn. 1819. Firstedition. viii,lxxxix,(1),302pp. Later 19th century calf over marbledboards.    $1,000.00 (tradediscount allowed)
Valuablenarrative of life in Japan by a Russian naval captain, here translated intoEnglish for the first time. He had previously published his "Narrative ofa Three-Years' Captivity in Japan." See Cordier, JAPONICA, 465.
 
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