CARSTENSEN, W.

Japans hovedstad of Japanerne. En russisk Reiseskitse.

Kjøbenhavn, Wøldike, 1863.

8vo. In contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Light wear to extremities. Old paper-label to lower part of spine. Stamp to title-page. 91 pp. + 1 plate. 

First edition of this early travel account from 1863, shortly after the country’s opening to the outside world – being one of the earliest Danish source on Japanese society. The book is based on a Russian travel account by Aleksei Vuisheslavtsev, which Carstensen translated and adapted. It offers a unique insight into Edo (Tokyo) in the 1860s, including descriptions of daily life and shops.

Order-nr.: 62993