Please feel free to request a detailed description. Short description: Siebold, F. A. [Japan Travel or a description of the Japanese Empire in physical, geographical and historical terms]. Puteshestvie po Yaponii ili opisanie Yaponskoj Imperii, v fizicheskom, geograficheskom i istoricheskom otnosheniya / Supplemented by information and news from Kempfer, Fischer, Def, Charlvoix, Graf Gogendorz, ​​Krusenstern, Thunberg, Titzing, Varenius, etc. Translation by Stroev. [In 2 Volumes]. Volumes I-II in a single bound. – St. Petersburg: printing house of Plushar, 1854. Vol. 1 – [6], 387 pp., [7] l. of ill. Vol. 2 – [6], 309 pp., [6 ] l. of ill. This edition was timed to coincide with the mission of Vice-Admiral Yevfimiy Vasilievich Putyatin to Japan, a pivotal event in 19th-century Russo-Japanese relations. During this mission, the first Russo-Japanese treaty, the Treaty of Shimoda on peace, friendship, and borders, was signed, marking the beginning of regular diplomatic relations with Japan. The illustrations for the book were created using the technique of tonolithography by the French imperial engraver O. F. Lemetre. SKUMS001045