The Jesuit Mission Press in Japan 1591-1610

[Place of publication not identified]: privately printed, 1888. 4to, pp. [8], 54; errata slip tipped in after p. [8]; original card wrappers bound in; 13 plates of facsimiles; 3 erudite annotations in ink on locations of other copies; all else fine in 20th-century citron niger morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt title on spine. Sir Ernest Mason Satow (1843-1929) was a British diplomat, scholar and Japanologist. He was a key figure in late 19th-century Anglo-Japanese relations, and an important collector of Japanese books and manuscripts. (Inventory #: 68811)