c.1889 The Eastern Wonderland: Pictures of Japanese Life

Description

Decorative Binding, Early Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

The second edition of D.C. Angus's The Eastern Wonderland, published by Cassell and Company during the 1880's. A gift inscription to rear of frontispiece from 1889. Part of the World In Pictures Series.

In the publisher's original decorative cloth, with an illustrated frontispiece from the story. Contains numerous in-text illustrations from the story depicting Japanese cultural life before and during the Meiji Restoration. Collated complete.

Contains original advertisements of works by the publisher's, including illustrated and fine art volumes.

A fascinating book aimed to teach children aged 8-14 Japanese life and culture in a narrative form. The story follows a Japanese boy who grows up during the end of the Edo period, and takes part in the transformative Meiji Restoration. Fascinated by the country, Angus writes the story with the idea that Japan is the real-life Wonderland.