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

106 c   ( JAPAN.) Reland, Adrian. Imperium Japonicum. Double-page engraved map of Japan, the first European map to use Sino-Japanese characters to label toponyms. 20 1 / 2 x24 1 / 2 inches sheet size, ample margins; original hand-color; light edge toning, upper centerfold strengthened on verso at an early time; an attractive example. Amsterdam: R. & J. Ottens, circa 1740 [1,000/1,500] 107 c   ( JAPAN.) [Shihei, Hayashi]. Sangoku Tsuran Zusetsu. Ink and watercolor manuscript map of Ezo (Hokkaido and Northern Territories) on 2 sheets of joined paper. 9x17 inches, small repairs at fold intersections. Japan, Tenmei 5 (1785) [800/1,200] together with : 86 page manuscript volume on Ainu, Ezo and the Northern Territories with 9 hand- drawn sketches of Ainu people. 8vo format, 9x6 inches, stitch bound wrappers, moderate worming. 108 c   ( JAPAN.) [U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry’s arrival in Japan, July 8th, 1853.] Large woodblock kawaraban broadside on two sheets joined, depicting the entrance of Perry’s Black Ship squadron into Edo Bay. 16x24 3 / 4 inches sheet size, wide margins; several small repairs at sheet edges and within image. Japan, circa 1853 [1,000/1,500] 106