60. Heine (Wilhelm) Reise um die Erde nach Japan an Bord der Expeditions-Escadre unter Commodore M.C.Perry..., 2 vol., additional pictorial title and 10 plates, some foxing, vol.1 with light water-staining to lower outer corner at beginning, contemporary blind-stamped morocco, name in gilt at foot of upper covers, spines gilt, slightly rubbed, [Sabin 31241], Otto Purfürst, [1856]; Japan und seine Bewohner. Geschichtliche Rückblicke und ethnographische Schilderungen von Land und Lenten, first edition , title in red and black, lightly browned, contemporary roan-backed boards, spine gilt, rubbed, Hermann Costenoble, 1860, 8vo, Leipzig (3)
est. £300 – £400
The first is presumably a later issue of the edition published by Hermann Costenoble of Leipzig in 1856.
Heine accompanied Perry’s diplomatic mission to Japan as an artist. He gives accounts of other places visited en route including St.Helena, Mauritius, Ceylon, Hong Kong, China, Hawaii and South America.