Perry Japan Expedition 2 vols of 3

December 7, 2020

Lot 338

Perry Japan Expedition 2 vols of 3

Estimate: $100 - $150

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Mathew C. Perry. Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan. Washington, D.C.: 1856. Volumes I and II only (of 3), quarto. Plates, maps, illustrations. (Vol.II with some plates and text supplied in photocopied facsimile, most folding maps in a pocket at the rear of vol.II). Modern green cloth, spines lettered in gilt. (2). (RIJO-A58/2)(AL) Property From the Estate of Richard I Johnson (1925-2020), Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Mr. Johnson (1925-2020) was a long time Research Associate at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology, having started as a volunteer while still in high school. He published his first scientific article in 1941, at the age of 16, beginning his life as a gentleman scholar, an amateur with a worldwide scholarly reputation who produced more than 50 papers about malacology. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II, before returning to Massachusetts and graduating from Harvard in 1951. Over six decades Johnson assembled perhaps the largest private collection of books and journals on molluscs, including titles seldom found even in research libraries, each volume identified with a discrete stamp of "Richard I. Johnson" to a preliminary leaf. It was one of the great collections of shell books ever assembled. The first part of his library collection was sold at Bonhams, NY in October, 2020. Litchfield Auctions is pleased to present this second session of works from the collection.

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