Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018

366 c   ( JAPAN — PERRY.) Manuscript Report on the Arrival of Perry & the Black Ships. 46 manuscript pages, including a double-page map depicting the arrival of Commodore Perry and the Black Ships. 8vo format, 8x5 1 / 2 inches, original stitched plain paper wrappers; excellent condition. Japan, Kaei 6 (1853) [2,500/3,500] together with : Two large portrait renderings of Commodore Matthew Perry and Commander Henry A. Adams. Ink and watercolor on paper, each 15 1 / 2 x11 inches; folds, small stains and minor paper losses. ( Japan, circa 1853).