Japan in Early Photographs - The Aime Humbert Collection - 2018 MEN Hardcover

$125.00
"Photographs taken in Japan between the late Edo and early Meiji periods that found their way overseas played a major role in forming Westerners’ image of Japan. Among these collections, the pictures gathered by the Swiss diplomat Aimé Humbert (1819-1900) in the 1860s were crucial in building lasting representations of the island nation: many of these, mainly collected in 1863/64 during a sojourn in Yokohama and Edo, were used as sources for the well-known and largely distributed engravings of his famous book Le Japon illustré, published in Paris in 1870. Belonging to the collection of the MEN, these beautiful and well-preserved photographs are published here for the first time. Presented by Japanese and Swiss scholars before the narrative backdrop of their acquisition and application by foreigners, they offer a striking view on a lost world."-- Publisher's website. 9 X 12, Quatro hardcover. 292pp. White cloth over boards. Paste on image on front cover. Red titles on spine. Minor shelf wear. Some light soiling to the white covers. Tips and head and toe of spine are bumped and rubbed in places. Binding is secure. Interior is bright, clean and free from marks. VG
"Photographs taken in Japan between the late Edo and early Meiji periods that found their way overseas played a major role in forming Westerners’ image of Japan. Among these collections, the pictures gathered by the Swiss diplomat Aimé Humbert (1819-1900) in the 1860s were crucial in building lasting representations of the island nation: many of these, mainly collected in 1863/64 during a sojourn in Yokohama and Edo, were used as sources for the well-known and largely distributed engravings of his famous book Le Japon illustré, published in Paris in 1870. Belonging to the collection of the MEN, these beautiful and well-preserved photographs are published here for the first time. Presented by Japanese and Swiss scholars before the narrative backdrop of their acquisition and application by foreigners, they offer a striking view on a lost world."-- Publisher's website. 9 X 12, Quatro hardcover. 292pp. White cloth over boards. Paste on image on front cover. Red titles on spine. Minor shelf wear. Some light soiling to the white covers. Tips and head and toe of spine are bumped and rubbed in places. Binding is secure. Interior is bright, clean and free from marks. VG