The history of Japan giving an account of the antient and present state and government of that empire; of its ... minerals, trees ... animals ... and fishes; of the chronology ... of the emperors ... of the customs and manufactures of the natives, and of their trade ... with the Dutch and Chinese. Together with a description of the Kingdom of Siam / Written in High Dutch by E. Kæmpfer ... and translated from his original manuscript, never before printed, by J. G. Scheuchzer ... With the life of the author. And an introduction. To which is added, part of a journal of a voyage to Japan, made by the English in ... 1673.

  • Kaempfer, Engelbert, 1651-1716.
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The history of Japan giving an account of the antient and present state and government of that empire; of its ... minerals, trees ... animals ... and fishes; of the chronology ... of the emperors ... of the customs and manufactures of the natives, and of their trade ... with the Dutch and Chinese. Together with a description of the Kingdom of Siam / Written in High Dutch by E. Kæmpfer ... and translated from his original manuscript, never before printed, by J. G. Scheuchzer ... With the life of the author. And an introduction. To which is added, part of a journal of a voyage to Japan, made by the English in ... 1673. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed for the publisher, and sold by T. Woodward, & C. Davis, 1728.

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2 volumes : add. title page to volumes i, plates, maps, facsimiles (some folded) ; (folio)

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Vol. 1 has added t.-p. in Latin: Historia imperii Japonici ... Londini, 1727
On the reverse of the English t.-p. in both volumes, is printed: April 27, 1727. Imprimatur, Hans Sloane.
Copy 1 Vol. 1 Note: Both eds. contain list of subscribers.

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