Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era

Kokugun zenzu [1] Aoo, Motonobu

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69 maps in 2 books : woodcut, col. ; 2 volumes in slip case 29 x 21.3 x 6.6 cm. Volume 1: 41, 14 leaves ; 28.8 x 19.1 x 2.6 cm.; Volume 2: 35, 4 leaves ; 28.2 x 19.1 x 2.2 cm. Shows roads and towns. The first edition was published in 文政 Bunsei 11 (1828). Each map occupies two facing pages, except for the following: no. 1 is a single page; nos. 29, 35 and 67 are four pages each; no. 28 is eight pages.

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