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[KOMATSU AKIHITO]: (1846-1903) Japanese Prince and Field Marshal, Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office 1895-98. An unusual hardback bound 4to album containing over 80 signatures (and additional entries seemingly in the same, unidentified hand) by various dignitaries of the early 20th century including Giuseppe Zanardelli (1826-1903) Italian Prime Minister 1901-03, Rennell Rodd (1858-1941) 1st Baron Rennell, British diplomat, politician and poet who served as British Ambassador to Italy 1908-19, Giacomo Malvano (Secretary General of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Euston Sartorius VC (1844-1925) British Major General, Victoria Cross winner for his actions at Shahjui on 24th October 1879 during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, Arthur Larcom (1847-1924) British diplomat and barrister, Hayashi Tadasu (1850-1913) Japanese diplomat, appointed the first Japanese ambassador to the Court of St. James's in 1905, Marcus Samuel (1853-1927) 1st Viscount Bearsted, Lord Mayor of London 1902-03 and the founder and chairman of the Shell Transport and Trading Company 1897-1921, Edward Cotton-Jodrell (1847-1917) British Colonel and politician who served on the Headquarters Staff of the War Office 1906-12, Alfred Gaselee (1844-1918) British General in the Indian Army, William Lowther (1821-1912) British diplomat and politician, Marcus Bourne Huish (1843-1921) English barrister, writer, art dealer and Japanophile, the first managing director of the Fine Art Society, John McNeill VC (1831-1904) British Major General, Victoria Cross winner for his actions during the Invasion of Waikato, New Zealand, 30th March 1864, Edward Altham Altham (1856-1943) British Lieutenant-General who served in the Second Boer War and as a senior intelligence officer during World War I, Richard Tracey (1837-1907) British Admiral, President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich 1897-1900, James Turner Cummins (1843-1912) British Major General in the Indian Army, Alexander Buller (1834-1903) British Admiral, Commander-in-Chief, China Station 1895-97, Martin Gosselin (1847-1905) British diplomat, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Portugal 1902-05, Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) American politician and newspaper editor, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1905-12, Fleetwood Edwards (1842-1910) British Lieutenant-Colonel, Keeper of the Privy Purse to Queen Victoria 1895-1901, Count Luigi Bonaparte Primoli (1858-1925) Italian nobleman and amateur photographer, Seymour John Fortescue (1856-1942) British Captain in the Royal Navy, Equerry to the British sovereign and Serjeant-at-Arms in the House of Lords, Reginal Custance (1847-1935) British Admiral, Howard Vincent (1849-1908) British Colonel, barrister and politician who also served as the first Director of Criminal Investigation with the Metropolitan Police 1878-84, Shigeru Yoshida (1878-1967) Japanese diplomat and politician, Prime Minister of Japan 1946-47, 1948-54, Rafael Merry del Val (1865-1930) Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal, Cardinal Secretary of State 1897-99 and secretary of the papal conclave of 1903 that elected Pope Pius X, William Hutt Curzon Wyllie (1848-1909) British Lieutenant-Colonel in the Indian Army, Martinus Theunis Steyn (1857-1916) South African lawyer, politician and statesman who served as President of the Orange Free State 1896-1902, Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908) Spanish violinist, and various other individuals associated with France, Holland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Serbia, Austro-Hungary, China, Korea, Japan, Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil etc. With a colour painted cover and ink title. Some light age wear, generally