Le Japon pittoresque

First edition illustrated with 8 engravings, after photographs, and some figures in-text.
Contemporary brown half-shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands in Jansenist style. Spine uniformly darkened. Some scattered pale foxing. Good copy.
Engraved bookplate with the arms of De Masur.
Travel account through Japan by a French naval officer. Yokohama, Yeddo, Nikko, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagasaki and Shanghai. The journey relates the classic vision of a Westerner visiting Japan, describing customs, rites and everything that could appear exotic to him, such as theater, Geishas, samurai, ronin, kites... The account contains numerous anecdotes.