Bloomsbury Auctions

679. Japan.- Japanese School. an a l b u m o f h a n S at S u o r e a r ly
Ja pa n e S e b a n K n o t e S, 40 specimens of various ‘han’ or regional
clan issues, woodblock printed and occasionally ink stamped, also
a few later bank notes, all stitched to album leaves bearing western
ink inscriptions, numerous early postcards illustrating similar
specimens loosely inserted, patterned silk cloth boards, rubbed,
joints weak, oblong 4to, [mostly early eighteenth - nineteenth
century]. £300 - £500
*** Prior to the introduction of a central banking system in the 1880s,
the equivalent of bank notes or paper currency were these ‘hansatsu’,
issued by each ‘han’ or regional clan. Although this gave them the
necessary authority to substitute gold, silver or copper currency, it
meant they only had worth within their own issuing region.
Lot 680
680. Levant.- Morritt (John Bacon Sawrey) a vi n d i C at i o n
o f ho m e r a n d o f t h e an C i e n t po e t S a n d hi S t o r i a n S, w h o h av e
r e C o r d e d t h e S i e g e a n d fa l l o f tr o y. in a n S w e r to t w o l at e
p u b l i C at i o n S o f mr. brya n t, firSt e d i t i o n, aquatint folding map of
the Troad and 5 views printed in sepia, offsetting, 20th century half
morocco, a few small scuffs to upper cover, slightly rubbed, [Abbey,
Travel, 398; Atabey 840; Blackmer 1157], 4to, York, W.Blanchard
for T.Cadell, 1798. £250 - £350
*** Morritt travelled in the Levant between 1794 and 1796 accompanied
by James Dallaway and the artist Gaetano Mercati. ‘Morritt is one of
the more interesting travellers of this period’ (Blackmer).
Lot 682
Lot 681
681. -. Pardoe (Julia) th e be a u t i e S o f t h e bo S p h o r u S, engraved
additional vignette title, map, 2 portraits and 83 plates (only of
84) after W.H.Bartlett, tissue-guards, some very light browning to
margins, otherwise clean,, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed,
4to, [1838]. £250 - £350
682. Middle East.- Flandin (Eugene Napoleon) l’or i e n t, Vol.1
only, firSt e d i t i o n, lithographed additional decorative title, 50
tinted lithographed plates, some foxing to varying degrees, heavier
to some plates, original cloth-backed boards, spine crudely
rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [Atabey 437; Blackmer 601],
folio, Paris, 1853. £2,000 - £3,000
*** This ‘Impressive work’ (Blackmer) eventually totalled four
volumes and was published between 1853 and 1876. This first
volume concerns Constantinople, the Bosphorus and Smyrna.
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