(Histoire naturelle) - BREVOORT, James Carson.- Notes on some figures of Japanese fish [...]. [Washington], s.n., [1856]. In-f° : [4]-5/36 pp.; 10 plates (some foxing and a few handwritten corrections in the text). Modern binding : threequarter red...
Estimation :
500 / 600
Adjudication :
500 €
Description
morocco, marbled paper boards, gilt decorated flat spine (small marks of use).
First separate edition, extracted from the 2nd volume of "Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, in 1852, '53 and '54 by Commodore M. C. Perry" (Washington, Beverly Tucker, 1856, 4 vol.). Historian and rare book collector, Brevoort (New York 1818-1887) assisted in the compilation of Perry's expedition to Japan. Illustrated with 10 beautifully coloured engraved plates of Japanese fishes (numbered 3-12 as in all copies traced in auction references and in online libraries). A handwritten note on the title-page mentions 1854. # Cordier 513-514 (for Perry); # Nissen, ZBI, 3132 (id.); # Brunet IV-516 (id.); # NUC online (date); # British Library online (id.). ▲ Provenance : Margret Brevoort, 1859 (handwritten ex-dono). Margret Brevoort (18251876) was a famous American mountain climber and first woman on the Matterhorn. fl Édition tirée à part extraite de la relation de l'expédition par C. Perry, illustrée de 10 planches joliment rehaussées figurant des poissons japonais. Demi-maroquin moderne.
First separate edition, extracted from the 2nd volume of "Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, in 1852, '53 and '54 by Commodore M. C. Perry" (Washington, Beverly Tucker, 1856, 4 vol.). Historian and rare book collector, Brevoort (New York 1818-1887) assisted in the compilation of Perry's expedition to Japan. Illustrated with 10 beautifully coloured engraved plates of Japanese fishes (numbered 3-12 as in all copies traced in auction references and in online libraries). A handwritten note on the title-page mentions 1854. # Cordier 513-514 (for Perry); # Nissen, ZBI, 3132 (id.); # Brunet IV-516 (id.); # NUC online (date); # British Library online (id.). ▲ Provenance : Margret Brevoort, 1859 (handwritten ex-dono). Margret Brevoort (18251876) was a famous American mountain climber and first woman on the Matterhorn. fl Édition tirée à part extraite de la relation de l'expédition par C. Perry, illustrée de 10 planches joliment rehaussées figurant des poissons japonais. Demi-maroquin moderne.
