Catastrophe

1924 · 230704052051ybvk — Tokyo, Kaigyousha, Taisho 13-2-29 (February 29th, 1924). 2 titlepages in japanese Caligraphy, 1 manually-drawn (printed) map of the Kanto-region with numbers of victims in red, 2 foldout-plans of larger-Tokyo with marks in red (destroyed areas?), 5 partly folded plans and maps of the Area (Yokohama etc.); 2 plates with photographic portraits of the military staff, ca. 70 singleside printed plates with ca. 250 partly aerial photographs depicting the destructions of big earthquake at large and in detail as well as first reconstruction-starts (esp. bridge-building); each plate is covered with a loose half transparent page with captions for each photograph, all plates on stronger paper. - Publisher's gilt-titled cloth in traditional blockbook-binding, endpapers made of special silver-and-gold-spotted largepaper, all edges gilt; oblong-folio (ca. 27,5 x 37,5 x 2 cm; 2 kg.).