Feliciano Antonio MARQUES PEREIRA
Viagem da corveta dom Joao I a capital do Japao no anno de 1860.
[Voyage of the Corvette Dom João I to the Capital of Japan in the Year 1860]
Imprimerie Nationale|Lisbon 1863|14.5 x 23 cm|Broché
First edition illustrated with a folding map at the end of the volume (cf. Nipponalia, I, 2061; Innocencio, IX, 208; lacking from Cordier Japonica, Hill and Palau).
Only two copies recorded in the CCFr (Sorbonne and BULAC).
Rare edition of this account of one of the earliest European voyages undertaken to establish commercial relations with Japan, following the success of the American Commodore Perry in 1853.
Spine cracked with loss at foot, traces of adhesive paper at the head and tail of the endpapers, modern bookplate pasted on the verso of the front cover.
€800