Japan.- Perry (Matthew Calbraith) Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, 3 vol., first edition, edited by Francis L. Hawks, vol. 1 with 87 lithographed plates (most tinted), 3 colour facsimiles of Japanese woodblock prints (2 folding), 6 maps (2 folding), and numerous wood-engraved illustrations, vol. 2 with 27 plates, of which 18 hand-coloured, 16 diagram plates, 16 maps (most of these at rear, creased with a few repairs to folds or tears), vol. 3 with 352 wood-engraved star charts, scattered plates working loose, some foxing, original cloth, spines gilt but sunned and faded, backstrips defective, generally a bit worn, [Hill 1332; Sabin 30968], 4to, Washington, Beverley Tucker, 1856.

⁂ First edition, 'senate issue' of Perry's account of his historic voyage to Japan during which he was instrumental in the treaty which 'opened' Japan to the west. Here present the supressed colour plate of nude bathers, often missing.