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Japan
Its History Arts and Literature
Edited by
Captain Francis Brinkley
Hardcover. 8vo. J B Millet, Boston, MA and Tokyo, Japan. 1901-02. 8 Volumes. Volume 1, 260 pages. Volume II, 286 pages. Volume III, 256 pages. Volume IV, 267 pages. Volume V, 260 pages. Volume VI, 301 pages, fold out map illustration at back endpapers. Volume VII, Pictorial and Applied Art. 396 pages. Volume VIII, Keramic Arts. 450 pages. The books are illustrated with 223 full page plates with tissue guards.
Bound in green cloth boards with gilt titles present to the spine and chrysanthemum decoration present to the front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (spine is faded and worn). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid.
The books offer a really nice view from this beautifully done oriental illustrated series. Many detailed accounts of Japan's History, Art and Literature are given throughout. The books cover a wide range of topics which include governments, rulers, education, people, history, art, religion, trade, commerce, international relations, nature and institutions.
Francis Brinkley (30 December 1841 – 12 October 1912) was an Anglo-Irish newspaper owner, editor and scholar who resided in Meiji period Japan for over 40 years, where he was the author of numerous books on Japanese culture, art and architecture and an English-Japanese Dictionary. He was also known as Frank Brinkley or as Captain Francis Brinkley and was the great uncle of Cyril Connolly.
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Name | Abbreviations | Leaves | Pages | Approximate cover size (width × height) | ||
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folio | 2º or fo | 2 | 4 | 12 × 19 | 30.5 × 48 | |
quarto | 4º or 4to | 4 | 8 | 9½ × 12 | 24 × 30.5 | |
octavo | 8º or 8vo | 8 | 16 | 6 × 9 | 15 × 23 | |
duodecimo or twelvemo | 12º or 12mo | 12 | 24 | 5 × 7⅜ | 12.5 × 19 | |
sextodecimo or sixteenmo | 16º or 16mo | 16 | 32 | 4 × 6¾ | 10 × 17 | |
octodecimo or eighteenmo | 18º or 18mo | 18 | 36 | 4 × 6½ | 10 × 16.5 | |
trigesimo-secundo or thirty-twomo | 32º or 32mo | 32 | 64 | 3½ × 5½ | 9 × 14 | |
quadragesimo-octavo or forty-eightmo | 48º or 48mo | 48 | 96 | 2½ × 4 | 6.5 × 10 | |
sexagesimo-quarto or sixty-fourmo | 64º or 64mo | 64 | 128 | 2 × 3 | 5 × 7.5 | |
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