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Books Pertaining to Commodore Perry's
Expedition to Japan and Okinawa and Books
Relating to 19th Century Japan and Okinawa

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The period from the late 1700s through the mid-1800 was the era of great Exploring Expeditions by the major world powers. These expeditions had several purposes. They were intended to document, survey, map and generally record the places they visited. Perhaps foremost was the political purpose. The major world powers were seeking to expand their influence and bring these new areas under their influence. There were several major US Exploring Expeditions undertaken in 1830-55 period. These included:

• Charles Wilkes, Expedition to the Pacific, 1838-42.


• William Lewis Herndon, Expedition to the Dead Sea, 1847.


• James Melville Gilliss, Astronomical Expedition to Chili, 1849-1852


• William Lewis Herndon, Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, 1851-2.


• Commodore Cadwallader Ringgold and later Captain John Rodgers, North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853-1856.

The Perry Expedition to Japan (1852-4) may well represent the pinnacle of these epic Naval Exploring Expeditions. Japan had long been closed to the outside world. American ships were plying the seas around Japan in increasing numbers and it was becoming imperative to open Japan to our sea commerce and trade. It was in this context that Commodore Perry embarked on his great exploring expedition.

The public was very interested in this expedition (and others also). It was closely followed in the press and printed media. In addition, the US Government recognized a responsibility to document the expedition. This was accomplished primarily through a published narrative of the expedition. The Perry Expedition included artists and a photographer. The work of these members was woven into the narrative report of the expedition to provide a comprehensive view of what was done and seen.

The Perry Expedition may well be one of the best documented of all these great Exploring Expeditions. This was passed down in the official Narrative published by order of Congress and numerous unofficial accounts published over the years. The numerous books and publications pertaining to the expedition are outlined below.  

 
Perry, Commodore M. C.,
Hawks, Francis L., compiler:
Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy.

Printed by Order of the Government of the United States. Compiled by Francis L. Hawks. First Edition, two different printers (Nicholson & Tucker), Washington, 1856-8, 3 Volumes. One authorized by the US Senate (Senate Printer - Beverley Tucker) and the other by the US House or Representatives (House Printer - A. O. P. Nicholson). In addition, a full and unabbreviated version of the Narrative was printed privately by D. Appleton. This privately printed version is identical to the two government authorized versions and is not to be confused with abridged versions printed by Appleton.

The narrative is illustrated with numerous black and white, tinted and hand-colored lithographs, folded maps, 352 wood-engraved charts of the night skies, drawings in the text, and a fourteen page facsimile of the treaty with Japan in Japanese calligraphy. The book measures approximately 24cm x 29.25~.75cm (9.5 x 11.75+ inches) [4to - quarto].

The Narrative was actually written under Perry's supervision by Reverend Francis L. Hawks and Dr. Robert Tomes. Hawks was the rector of Calvary Church, New York City and Tomes was a physician who was just beginning a career as an author. Perry was an Episcopalian and this influence, combined with Hawks background, explains the Protestant-moralist ethical tone of the Narrative. Some scholars believe that Heine (the expedition artist) also contributed in writing the Narrative.

Printers:
Beverley Tucker, Senate Printer, 1856-1858, Washington
A. O. P. Nicholson, House Printer, 1856-1858, Washington
D. Appleton & Company, private printing, 1857, New York (only Vol 1 confirmed)

Volume 1, Original Narrative, 1856 (Tucker and Nicholson) & 1857 (Appleton). The first volume (Tucker, Nicholson & Appleton) (537 pages) is a chronological account or narrative of the expedition. It contains the following art and illustrations:

• 89 or 90* lithograph plates, all but one color (tinted lithographs and chromo-lithographs)(the image area is generally 15½-16 x 22½-23cm and sheet size is generally 22.25~23 cm x 28.5~29 cm).


• 3 "facsimiles" of Japanese woodblock prints - 2 folding (included in the total count of 89/90 lithographs above).


• 6 maps & charts - 2 folding.


• Numerous (78 listed) woodcut engravings in the text.

The unabbreviated Appleton printing of Volume 1 is not widely know. However, the book is listed in the Library of Congress catalogue (LC Control Number: 03022255). I have found no evidence that Appleton published unabbreviated versions of Volumes 2 and 3 and doubt that the company did.

The following art and illustrations are in this volume:

• 4 tinted lithographs of Chinese scenes;


• 2 uncolored engraved plates of animals (natural history);


• 6 hand-colored lithographs of birds;


• 10 hand-colored steel-engravings of fish;


• 5 engraved plates of shells - 2 hand-colored;


• 16 diagram plates of winds & currents;


• 14 page facsimile of Japanese language version of the US-Japan treaty;


• 17 folding maps/charts (2 merged with text and 15 (14 map sheets with 15 maps) at the end of the volume);


• 10 woodcuts in the text.

While I have not personally examined the item, I have been advised that the Government prepared and distributed the 15 maps (14 map sheets), found in the back of Volume 2, as a separate volume. The covers of the map folio being identical to the bindings used on the other three volumes. The set reported with the extra volume for the maps was a Nicholson printing in blue embossed binding. Information/confirmation of this "4 Volume" Government bound set would be appreciated. Privately binding the maps into a separate volume is not uncommon. A Government prepared binding of these maps using the original boards/spine is scarce or perhaps rare.

Covers. For a description (with pictures) of the book covers, as issued, visit the covers page. The original covers have embossed images. The cover size (original binding) for the Tucker and Nicholson books is 30 x 24 cm - 12 x 9 1/2 in. The books are frequently found rebound, particularly Volume 1. Rebound books often have smaller covers and the pages have been trimmed in an effort to present a cleaner and more uniform appearance. Normally the original covers/spine are a green cloth however, they are also found in a blue-gray cloth. The boards have embossed illustrations (blind, no gilt) front and back and the spine has gilt stamped letters. The green cloth cover seems to predominate. I have confirmed a Volume 2, Tucker printing, and a Volume 3, Nicholson printing, with the original covers (embossed cover and stamped letters on the spine) in the blue-gray cloth. The covers of the 1857 Appleton unabridged volume 1 are brown blind stamped gilt tooled full morocco. The spine has five ridges (gold gilt) and the title "Perry's Expedition to Japan" in gold gilt and all three exposed edges are gold gilt. The covers of the Appleton volume 1 measure the same as the Tucker and Nicholson editions (30 x 24 cm).

 
General Comments.

This work is the detailed and profusely illustrated account of Perry's expedition to open Japan to the West.

Retail (Three Volume Set): $1,600-$5,000. This set is scarce. Retail prices vary much depending on condition and printer. The books are normally found in Fair or Good condition with significant problems (see comments regarding condition below) and often have been rebound or repaired. I would estimate that of an aggregate set value (3 volumes) the percentages are:

78% for Volume 1,
16% for Volume 2 and
 6% for Volume 3.

It appears that the Senate printing by Beverley Tucker is the scarcer of the two Government printings. Except for the lithographic plates and maps, you seldom see the individual components of an individual volume offered.

Condition (Three Volume Set). It is my experience that most books offered from the three volume set are in "Good" condition. It is common to find them described as having "intermittent/scattered/occasional/some foxing" - "occasional water staining" - "light/medium/heavy staining" - "browning" - "few pages with ragged edges" - "some loosening of plates" - "some plates loose (completely free of binding)" - "maps with tears at the folds" - "occasional offsetting from images/text" - "staining along the fore-edges" - "covers worn/rubbed/chipped/bumped scraped" - "insect holes on covers" - "somewhat worn but generally ____" (fill in the blank, generally too high a grade for the book) - "almost/near good" - "bullet holes and bloodstains"(just kidding!) and on and on. I have found that a "Good" or "Good+" is the norm for this book. To see an example of a "well worn" book from this set, click here. A genuine Very Good set with little or no staining, foxing, browning etc is, in my opinion, a very scarce item. I find that Volume 3 is generally the cleanest of the three as it was probably opened the least.

Condition of Individual Lithographs and Book Grading. Because a major portion of the value of Volumes 1 & 2 lies in the lithographic plates, I have established my own system to grade these plates. My system is discussed here. I rank them on a scale from 5 (Best or Above Average) to 3 (Average) to 1 (Poor or Below Standard). Missing or duplicate plates are ranked as 0. When I offer these books I assign a value to each lithographic plate and outline that plate by plate. The numbers are then totaled and divided by the number of plates for an overall average. Using this system, the buyer has a better idea of the contents of a given book.

Dates of Publication. Volume 1 was published in 1856 (1857 for Appleton). It was followed by Volume 3 in 1857. Volume 2 was published in 1858.

Illustrations in Volume 1 and 2.

The three volume set (particularly Volumes 1 and 2) is a fascinating study in the state of art of book illustration in the United States during the mid-1850s. The books were commercially produced at government expense and that removed a common limitation/impediment, financial constraints. Deep pockets were available to finance the art work/illustrations to be incorporated into the Narrative and the finished product is a testimony to that fact.

At this time, book illustrations were hand-created and executed by the craftsmen. The mechanical processes (photogravure, collotype and trichromatic half-tone) would not be widely employed until the 1870-80s. The tedious/labor intensive lithographic process was the premiere method (since the 1830s) for creating book illustrations and it was heavily employed in the Narrative. Various other forms of engraving (woodcut and steel) were also employed to create illustrations. The fine color plates brought to life by craftsmen certainly distinguish the Narrative as an excellent example of the highly sought American color books of the 19th century. The massive quantities of color illustrations produced by Government sponsored projects like this Narrative and the 13 volume Pacific Railroad Survey series were important factors in the growth of the lithographic industry in the mid-1800s. It has been estimated that the Pacific Railroad Survey books required the production of a total of twenty-one million plates (color and black and white) during the period of 1855-1860. While the Perry Narrative was on a much smaller scale, it also added a significant amount of color plate production to the printing industry.

Not only does the Narrative report the account of this critical historical mission, it documents the people, places and things encountered during the expedition lavishly with illustrations. An accomplish artist, Wilhelm Heine, and a noted daguerreotypist (early photographic process), Eliphalet M. Brown, Jr. were selected to accompany and document the expedition. Their paintings and daguerreotypes (and the work of others also) were then converted to lithographs and engravings for the printed work.

In Volume 1 there are 89/90 handcrafted lithographs, each a work of art to itself. Of these lithographs, three are chromolithographs (multi-color), one is a black and white lithograph and the balance are tinted lithographs. The lithographs are not assigned page numbers. There are 537 numbered text pages in Volume 1. This is a ratio of approximately one (1) full plate/page lithographic illustration for every six (6) pages of text. In addition, the text pages are extensively illustrated with woodcut engravings, some approaching 1/2 to 3/4 page in size. Volumes 1 and 2 are supplemented with 20 maps ranging from single sheet size to large multi-fold format.

To better understand the lithographs from the Narrative, there are several detailed pages on this site that will be of assistance. These page are:

• Price Lists. (Individual lithographs are pictured, described and priced).


• General Characteristics (Size, format, tinting, production process etc).


• Condition/Rating (General condition and my rating system).


• Detailed Information (Measurement and varieties - litho by litho listing).


• Lithographs vrs. Engravings (Distinguishing lithographs from engravings).

The printing of the work illustrates the methods of our Government publishing house. The work cost $360,000, and 18,000 copies were printed, an extra set of 200, with special illustrations, being sent to the governments of the world. 15,000 copies were ordered by Congress for members, each receiving 50 sets of the work, 3,000 copies were allowed to the officers of the squadron, of which Perry received 1,000. He presented 500 copies to Dr. Hawks, chiefly for putting his name to the work and writing the preface; so that all the extra pay, bounty, reward, or pension the commodore received from a grateful country for his triumph was 500 copies of his own book. (The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries, Historical Publication Co., New York, Volume XIII, No.5, January-June, 1885, William Elliot Griffis article at pages 433-4)

The reference to the 200 special presentation sets by Griffis is the first and only time I have seen that mentioned and I have not confirmed the existence of such sets. I have found no information regarding the Appleton private printing of the unabridged edition of volume 1. I believe the printing number is very low. They are rarely seen on the market.

The "Banned" Lithograph. A very limited number of editions were published with a "nude bathing" (Public Bath at Simoda) lithograph. This lithograph was quickly deleted from Government published volumes due to public indignation at the nude figures in the scene. The scene was the inside of a public bath house in Japan where males, females and children have bathed together in the nude for centuries without concern. The lithograph is sometimes found unbound/extracted. When found in a bound volume 1, the print is generally found facing page 408. Either bound or unbound, this lithograph is scarce. Want to take a peek?

1. The 1856 & 1857 Appleton Abridged Books.

Perry, Commodore M. C.,
Hawks, Francis L., compiler:
Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years of 1852, 1852, and 1854, Under the Command of Commodore M. C. Perry, United States Navy, compiled by Francis L. Hawks, published by D. Appleton, New York, 1856 and 1857, 624 pp. Red cloth gold embossed covers and spine. Cover size - 18.5 x 26 cm -- 6 3/4 x 10 1/4 in, 8vo. This edition is often referred to as the "First Trade Edition." The book has 9 full page steel engraving plates, 68 full page plates (woodcut), 11 maps and 44 text illustrations. The steel engraved plates and woodcut plates (77 pages) are not numbered and not included in the 624 page count. For detailed information about this book, to include a listing of all chapters and illustrations and pictures of the cover and spine, click here. To compare the engravings in this book with lithographs in the original three volume narrative, click here.

Plates, maps and illustrations in the 1856 & 1857 Abridged Books:

• 11 fold out maps,
• 9 steel engravings
• 68 woodcuts

2. The 1857, 1859 & 1860, Appleton, Americans in Japan, Abridged Books

Perry, Commodore M. C.,
Hawks, Francis L., compiler,
Tomes, Robert, editor:
The Americans in Japan: An Abridgment of the Government Narrative of the U.S. Expedition to Japan, Under Commodore Perry. This book has 415 pages versus the 624 pages of the 1856 edition. There are an additional 8 page of advertisement for various Appleton books. The cover size is 19 x 14 cm -- 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 in, 12mo (large). The covers are found in green and blue. The front and back boards have a blind embossed ornamental framework that may have once surrounded stamped (not embossed or impressed) images. The spine has gold gilt lettering and an illustration at the foot. The book has a total of 69 wood engravings. One engraving is a full page frontispiece. The other 68 are merged in the text and range from full page (2) to 1/4 page in size. The plates and the front cover are detailed here.

While this book is an abridged version of the original Narrative of the expedition, it is not merely a version that has had sections deleted. The editor, Tomes, clearly presents the information in a different light from the Narrative.

When viewing book listings it is often difficult to determine if they are referring to the original three volume printing of 1856 (Tucker or Nicholson) or the abridged Appleton printings of 1856, 1857, 1859 or 1860. The key is to look for "624" pages or "415 pages" and the size 8vo or terms such as "Trade" version, "first octavo edition" or "one volume" edition.

4. Later Editions (Not Appleton)

Printed in 1952 - abridged by Sidney Wallach, Coward-McCann, Inc., 1952, 276 pages + Forward, 10 black and white illustrations, 6 x 9 inch format [8vo - octavo], (pages 23 x 14.7 cm).

Printed in 1954 - abridged by Sidney Wallach, MacDonald London., 1954, 305 pages + Forward [8vo - octavo].

Printed in 1973 abridged by Robert Tomes, Scholarly Resources, Wilmington, Del., ISBN: 0842014063 (415 pages with illustrations - 23 cm) (A reprint of Americans in Japan).

Library of Congress Control Numbers:
01013866 - New York, London, D. Appleton & Co., 415 pages, 1857.
52011706 - New York, Coward-McCann, 305 pages, 1952.
72082113 - Wilmington, Del., Scholarly Resources, 415 pages, 1973

The reprint is of the Beverley Tucker, Senate Printer book of 1856. The page size is 21 x 27.8 cm (8 1/4 x 10 9/10 in). The page size format size for the 1856 editions is larger, 23 x 29 cm. Page thickness is 5.5 mm. The prints have an obvious fine screen of small dots which clearly distinguish them from lithography. The differences are so great that the prints from this book are easily distinguished from those in the original editions.

Library of Congress Control Number: 67031019

Library of Congress Control Number: 68009578. ISBN: 0405189400

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U.S. Japan Expedition in 1854, Japanese title: Peri~Nippon Enseiki Zufu [Illustrations from Perry's Japan Expedition] Japan, Art Digest, Shimoda Museum, 255 pp, 18mo (4.25 x 5.75 in - 10.5 x 15 cm), soft cover with dust jacket. This book is almost all in Japanese except for captions to the print reproductions. It looks like it is a translation of parts of Volume 1 and 2 of the Narrative. The interesting and predominant feature of this book is that it reproduces, in color, all the lithographs and engravings from Volume 1 and Volume 2 except those that do not relate to Japan or Lew Chew (Okinawa). The treaty is also reproduced. Most of the horizontal format lithographs and engravings span 2 pages. The nature lithographs and engravings of animals, fish, birds, and shells are present. In total there are 91 items reproduced. Each plate has the English caption from the narrative.

For more information, click here.

ISBN: 4-7636-1586-6 C0171

Perry, Commodore M. C.
Hawks, Francis L., compiler:
In 2000, Volume 1 of the original narrative of Commodore Perry's expedition was re-published by Dover Publications, Inc., New York (537 pages with illustrations - 20 1/2 x 27.8cm). This soft cover book is titled Commodore M. C. Perry, Narrative of the Expedition to China Seas and Japan, 1852-4. This book is an inexpensive way to see the lithographs of the expedition and read the accounts that pertain to them. Available from BaxleyStamps - Order On-line.

Library of Congress No. 00022784
ISBN: 0-486-41133-8 (pbk)

Perry, Commodore M. C.
Hawks, Francis L., compiler:
This is a reprint/"Replica" of the abbreviated Narrative of the Perry Expedition that was published by Appleton in 1856. Part 1 contains from the title page through page 358. Part 2 continues from page 359 to page 624. The reprint is large 12mo (5 1/2 x 8 in) and is soft cover. This book should not to be confused with the 2000 Dover reprint (see above) of Volume 1 of the original Narrative.

 
 
  Books/Pamphlets Relating to the Perry Expedition - in whole or in part.

1857, Aaron Haight Palmer, Documents and Facts Illustrating the Origin of the Mission to Japan, Authorized by the United States Government, May 10, 1851...., Washington, DC, Henry Polkinhorn, Printer, 1857, 8vo, 22 pp. This paper can be found online here.

For General Information on Gleason’s Pictorial Drawing- Room Companion, click here.

Earlier Similar Illustration

• 1852, May 15, Volume II, No. 20, page 305 (Illustration of Squadron). To see this illustration, click here.

Later Edition:

• 1853, New York, Second Edition, 36 engraved plates, 1 color lithograph (US Naval Steamer Powhatan), 4to, 22 pages of publisher's ads, 216 pp.

Hino Kazuaki:
Some Casual Remarks About Japanese Defenses, 2 volume set, 1853-4, Japanese language, written by a subordinate to the Chief Japanese Commissioner, Hayashi. A contemporaneous account of the Perry Expedition from the Japanese perspective. On display at a Japan Expedition exhibit in the Smithsonian Institution in 1968.

Williams, S. Wells:
Sketch of Lew Chew, published in The Missionary Herald, Volume L, No. 6, June 1854, Boston, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 8vo, paper wraps, string tied, 1854. A letter by Dr. Williams, who accompanied the Expedition as Commodore Perry's interpreter, regarding Okinawa. Such correspondence was officially banned by Commodore Perry. Dr. Williams describes Okinawa including comments on the geography, people, housing, dress, language religion, social customs, government and foreign policies.

This folio of lithographs should not be confused with the book and folio of ten (10) lithographs published by Wilhelm Heine in 1856. For more information on that material, click here.

Another Early Printing:

• 1855, Phillips (Sampson and Co), Boston, Derby, 576 pp, 8vo, earliest printed edition?

Later Printings:

• 1856, London, Sampson Low, 12mo, 377 pp
• 1859, Redfield, New York, 12mo, 377 pp.
• 1902, Phillips (Sampson and Company), Boston, (limited edition 500 printed, 612 pp
• 1902, Sanshosha, Tokyo, reprint of an 1861 printing (limited edition 500 printed)
• 1906, Chicago, C. McClurg, (xxxii), 401 pp

Subsequent Related Books:

• 1855, London, Sampson Low, American title-page retained before the English one, 539 pp.
• 1859, London, James Blackwood, edited by George Frederick Pardon (Visit to India, China and Japan), frontispiece is Canton engraving.
• 1860, G.P. Putnam & Sons, Japan, one volume in the "Bayard Taylor's Travels" series (see 1870s below also).
• 1864, G.P. Putnam & Sons, Visit to India, China and Japan, 539 pp.
• 1870, G.P. Putnam & Sons, Visit to India, China and Japan, 539 pp.
• 1872, New York, first volume of the series title "Library of Travel, Exploration & Adventures," Japan in Our Day "Compiled And Arranged By Bayard Taylor," Charles Scribner And Company, 12mo, 280 pp plus ads.
• 1872-1893 at least 16 editions printed, Japan in Our Day.
• 1880, London, James Blackwood, edited by George Frederick Pardon, Visit to India, China and Japan, 294 pp.
• 1870s-1889, New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, "Bayard Taylor's Travels," India, China and Japan, one volume in "Bayard Taylor's Travels - Household" edition, a 10 volume compilation of Bayard Taylor's works. For more information on the 10 volume set, click here.
• 1885, New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, A Visit to India, China and Japan in the Year 1853, 12mo, 539 pp.
• 1892, New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, "Bayard Taylor's Works," Visit to India, China and Japan, one volume in a 11 volume compilation of Bayard Taylor's works. For more information on the 11 volume set, click here.

Other Edition

• 1856, 2nd ed, Philadelphia, King & Baird, 12 illustrations, 212 pp.

You will find pages:

• 441-66 (Volume XII, Issue 70, March 1856) on-line (no illustrations) here.
  
• 733-56 (Volume XII, Issue 72, May 1856) on-line (no illustrations) here.

A facsimile of the book (24 pages) is currently available on a print on demand order basis.

These lithographs should not be confused with the very large lithographs published by E. Brown, in 1855. For more information on that material, click here.

Subsequent / Related Editions:

Dutch Language:

1856, Two Volumes. Reis Om De Wereld Naar Japan, Aan Boord van het Expeditieeskader Onder Commodore Perry, in de Jaren 1853, 1854, en 1855, Ondernomen op Last op Last van Regering der Vereenigde Staten, Rotterdam, Nijgh, red decorated cloth, Dutch text, lithograph title page, 10 black and white lithograph plates (at least 2 relate to Okinawa/Lew Chew), text illustrations, 486 pp.

German Language:

1860, One Volume (Related). Japan Und Seine Bewohner. Geschichtliche Ruckblicke und Ethnographische Schilderungen von Land und Lenten, Leipzig, 8vo, 383 pp. A history of Japan and the Dutch and at Nagasaki from the 17th century through the Perry Expedition.

Swedish Language:

1860, Carl Wingstedt, Japan och Dess Innebyggare, Stockholm, Boktryckeri. 6 tinted lithographs, 18 black and white plates, 1 foldout lithographic map, 8vo, purple cloth with gilt lettering, 182 pp. The plates are 24 x 16 cm and image sizes generally 15.5 x 10 cm. The plates in this book were obviously drawn from images found in the original US Government narrative. This book is reported to be a translation from a German work titled Das Kaiserreich Japan, nach den besten vorhandenen Quellen geschildert von einem Vereine Gelehrter.

1871, Anton Baeckström, Ett besök i Japan och Kina jemte bilder från vägen dit öfver Goda-Hoppsudden, Bourbon, Nya Kaledonien, Manilla och Kokinkina. Anteckningar och minnen från en treårig tjenstgöring i franska flottan, Stockholm, Albert Bonniers, 8vo, brown blindstamped cloth with gilt decoration and lettering, 24 plates including (8 tinted lithographs & 16 full page woodcut plates), 39 text illustrations, 391 pp. Many of the illustrations are based on W. Heine's work.

French Language:

1859, One Volume Edition. Le Japon. Expédition du Commodore Perry Pendant les Annèes 1853, 1854 et 1855, Faite D'Après les Ordres du Gouvernement des États-Unis, Traduit de L'Allemand. Par A. Rolland, Bruxelles, H. Dumont, Libraire-Editeur, 1859, 8vo, two volumes bound into one, 10 tinted engraved plates + tinted engraved (on China paper) frontispiece, 304 and 315 pp.

1859-60, Two Volume Edition. Le Japon. Voyage Autour Du Monde. Expédition du Commodore Perry, pendant les années 1853, 1854 et 1855. Faite d'après les ordres du gouvernement des États-Unis, Bruxelles, H. Dumont, 1859-60, 8vo, two volumes, 10 tinted engraved plates on China pager + tinted engraved (on China paper) frontispiece, 304 and 316 pp.

1863, One Volume Edition. Le Japon. Expédition du Commodore Perry Pendant les Annèes 1853, 1854 et 1855, Faite D'Après les Ordres du Gouvernement des États-Unis, Traduit de L'Allemand. Par A. Rolland, Bruxelles - Lacroix, Verboeckoven et Cie, 1863, 8vo, two volumes bound into one, 10 tinted engraved plates + tinted engraved (on China paper) frontispiece, 304 and 315 pp.  

1863, Two Volume Edition (2nd edition). Le Japon. Voyage Autour Du Monde. Expédition du Commodore Perry, pendant les années 1853, 1854 et 1855. Faite d'après les ordres du gouvernement des États-Unis, Brussels, two volumes, 304 and 315 pp, 10 full page tinted engravings on china paper + similar frontispiece. This is a translation from German into French by A. Rolland. Volume 1 covers the expedition from the departure to the first visit to Japan to deliver the President's letter to the Emperor. Volume 2 covers the return to Japan for the answer and then the return to the United States via the Hawaii. The set contains 11 full page tinted engravings (from Heine's paintings) on China paper with the following general subjects: Frontispiece, 1 Canton, 4 Liou-Kou (Okinawa), 3 Japan, 1 Hawaii and 1 Straits of Magellen).

1863, One Volume Edition (2nd Edition combined into one volume). Le Japon. Voyage Autour Du Monde. Expédition du Commodore Perry, pendant les années 1853, 1854 et 1855. Faite d'après les ordres du gouvernement des États-Unis, Bruxelles, large 8vo ( 3/4 x 10 in), frontispiece (tinted engraving on China paper) + 304 pp + 5 full page tinted engravings on China paper and 315 pp + 5 full page tinted engravings on China paper. For more information and pictures of the engravings, click here.

Other Books by Wilhelm Heine:  

Heine Memoir
Available - Purchase Here
Heine, William
Frederic Trautmann (Translator, Introduction and Annotations):
1990, Translated from German to English. Portions of the original memoir were republished in With Perry to Japan, A Memoir by William Heine, Translated, with an Introduction and Annotations by Frederic Trautmann, University of Hawaii Press, 3/1/1990, 235 pp, 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 format (8vo large), 16 pp of black and white illustrations - primarily of Heine's works. Trautmann provides a 5 page preface, 22 page introduction, 8 page chronology, 30 pages of notes, a 10 page bibliography and an 11 page index that supplement the Heine memoir. In total, Trautmann provides 86 pages of invaluable supplemental information which helps the reader understand the Heine memoir and place the expedition to Japan in historical perspective. The Heine memoir is not the choppy journal entry type style you often find in such literature. Instead, it is a rich and flowing narrative style chronicle of events by a key member of the expedition. ISBN 0-824-1258-1.

Ringgold/Rogers North Pacific Expedition (3 Volume Heine Set)
Available - Volumes 1 & 2 - Purchase Here
Heine, Wilhelm:

1858-9, Die Expedition in die Seen von Japan, China und Ochotsk unter Commando von Commodore Calw. Ringgold und Commodore John Rodgers, im Auftrage der Regierung der Vereinigten Staaten unternommen in den Jahren 1853 bis 1856, unter Zuziehung der officiellen Autoritäten und Quellen, Leipzig, Otto Burfurtt, 1858-59, German language. Three volumes. Vol 1 - 330 pp, Vol 2 - 391 pp & Vol 3 - 424 pp, plus twenty-five lithographic and engraved plates (sixteen tinted), and six maps (five folding). Heine also published this book on the North Pacific Expedition under Commander Cadwalader Ringgold. This expedition, which was primarily a surveying and exploring voyage, set sail in June of 1853 for the Orient via the Cape of Good Hope and Batavia. The full page illustrations in this book depict Japanese and Chinese people and scenes and are all variants of illustrations (generally based on Heine's drawings) found in Volume 1 of the Narrative of the Perry Expedition to Japan. The set includes a large folding map (in two parts) of the coast of China and Japan and maps of the north Pacific (showing Alaska) and other Pacific charts. For more information on this three volume set, click here.

1860-2, German Expedition to Japan under Graf F. zu Eulenburg. Heine also accompanied the German Expedition which was the equivalent of the Perry Expedition. He apparently was not the primary artist for this expedition. The expedition is narrated in Die Preussische Expedition nach Ost-Asien, nach amtlichen Quellen which is discussed below.

1864, Eine Weltreise um die nordliche Hemisphere...Ostasiatischen Expedition in 1860-1861, 2 Volumes, Lepzig, Brockhaus.

1873 & 1880, Japan, Beitrage zur Kenntnis des Landes und Seiner Bewohner, Dresden, Selbstverlag des Verfassers, a large folio book published in three parts. Each part with 5 photographs and 5 sheets of text. In 1880 the book was published in 8vo format in 5 parts each containing 10 plates and 10 sheets of text. Forty of the plates illustrate the history, religion and natural history of Japan and the other 10 are views.

ca 1876, Yeddo. Nach Original-Skizzen, Dresden, George Glibers, small 12mo, not dated but ca 1876, two expeditions (US and Prussian) discussed in a 40 text page book with a panorama of Tokyo from a painting by Heine. The five plate are tipped in albumen photographs. This is believed to be the last book that Heine wrote. For more information on the book, click here.

The following set has illustrations by Heine.

1861, Die westliche Welt: Reise, by Alexander Mackay, 2 volumes, Leipzig, Kollmann.

• 1933, Felix Riesenberg, Currier and Ives Prints, Early Steamships, No. 4, New York & London, The Studio Publications, 8 color halftone facsimiles, tipped to plate, of Currier & Ives lithographs of steamships. Number 4 in a series reproducing noted Currier & Ives prints of ships. The first plate in this volume is the Mississippi in a Typhoon.

Subsequent editions:

• 1859, 2nd edition, London, The Religious Tract Society, frontispiece + 11 other engraved plates, 1 fold-out map, 18mo, 309 pp.
• 1861, London, The Religious Tract Society, 322 pp.

Subsequent editions:

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Subsequent edition:

• 1904, Scribners, NY, pictorial front cover and spine, green cloth, 306 pp.

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• 1890, John S. Sewall, New Englander and Yale Review, Volume 53, "The Invincible Armada in Japan," a two part article, pages 201-211 (September 1890 - No CCXLVI) and pages 331-339 (October 1890 - No CCXLVII). Sewall's account of the Perry Expedition to Japan.
• 1905, John S. Sewall,, Century Magazine, "With Perry In Japan, Personal Recollections of the Expedition of 1853-4," 3 illustrations, 12 pp.
• 1995, John S. Sewall, Dudden, Arthur Power (Editor), Chicago, R.R. Donnelley, December, 1995, hard cover, issued with no dust jacket, brown cloth, 16mo (11.3 x 17.5 cm, 4 1/2 x 7 in), 291 pp, 38 b/w and color illustrations, 12 maps. A majority of the illustrations are reproductions of lithographs in the original Narrative of the Perry Expedition to Japan. This is one in a series of the Lakeside Classics. Contains a Publisher's Preface, List of Illustrations and Historical Introduction (i-cv - 42 pp). The book is well executed and illustrations give you a good flavor of the illustrations found in the original Narrative.
• 1995, Gift Edition, 283 pp, given by publisher (Donnelley) as Christmas Gift to customers.

The Well's journal is said to have also been published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1910, 8vo, color frontispiece, illustrations, 263 pp. I have not confirmed this however.

Stand-alone Version and Reprint/Facsimile Edition

• 1859, Shanghai, "Lecture on Japan" in Journal North China Branch Royal Asiatic Society, First Series, No. 11, 8vo, pages 180 and following. May contain information from the Williams journal.
• 1973, Wilmington, Scholarly Resources, facsimile edition, 8vo, 259 pp. ISBN-10: 0842014101 - ISBN-13: 978-0842014106

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Available - Purchase Here 1968, Sophia University in Cooperation with Charles E. Tuttle Company, edited by Shio Sakanishi, foreword by George Alexaneder Lensen, Sophia University in Cooperation with Charles E. Tuttle Company, 128 pp, 1 foldout plate in color and 19 black and white plates, 17.7 x 26.4 cm (6 3/4 10 1/2 in (8vo), blue decorative design boards (hardboard-cardboard type) and off-white cloth spine with title printed in gold, issued with dust jacket. For more information on the book, click here.

Porter, David
Cole, Allen B. (editor):
Captain David Porter's Proposed Expedition to the Pacific and Japan, 1815, published in The Pacific Historical Review, Volume IX, No. 1, March 1940 at pages 61-65. Perhaps the earliest public discussion proposing an American expedition to Japan.

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• 1966, Hamden, Connecticut, Archon Books, portrait of Perry and ten other illustrations, two maps, 277 pp.