ROUSSIN, A. Une campagne sur les côtes du Japon. Paris, Hachette, 1866. (4), 285, (2), 4 pp.W. a double-p. plan of the straits of Shimonoseki. Or. yellow wrps., uncut (Bottom of spine dam., some minor foxing).
First edition of a rare account on the Anglo-French naval campaign of 1862-1863 in Japanese waters written by Alfred Roussin (1839-1919), a French naval officer who was in command of the participating fregat La Semiramis. - Cordier 583; Nipponalia I, 2073, both works not mentioning the plan!€ 120
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