HASHIMOTO, Tamotsu
Commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the South Pacific Agency. Photo album of the South Pacific archipelagos (printed entirely in Japanese). Saipan, South Pacific Agency, 1932. Oblong folio album (260 x 365 mm) of 4 ff.n.ch., 1 map, 1 portrait, 99 plates, 1 f.n.ch. of colophon. Bound in Japanese style, decorated cloth, spine with visible stitching, cardboard slipcase with printed title (publisher's binding), in modern floral cloth slipcase.
First edition.
Beginning with the portrait of Masayuki Matsuda, director of the South Pacific Agency, the book is a rich iconographic documentation of the South Pacific archipelagos including Saipan, Palau, Angaoul, Truck, Pohnpei (formerly Ponape), Kusai, Yali Island, and the Marshall Islands, with details of architecture, industry, and people.
Very rare document.
Cook's first voyage
