Kaempfer, Engelbert 
The history of Japan. 2vols. 
1728
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title/author
The history of Japan : giving an account of the ancient and present state and government of that empire; of its temples, palaces, castles and other buildings; of its metals, minerals, trees, plants, animals, birds and fishes; of the chronology and succession of the emperors, ecclesiastical and secular; of the original descent, religions, customs, and manufactures of the natives, and of their trade and commerce with the Dutch and Chinese. Together with a description of the Kingdom of Siam / written in High-Dutch by Engelbertus 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 the year 1673.
publication
London : Printed for the publisher, and sold by Thomas Woodward, 1728
physical description
vol. I., [10], 11, [10], lii, 391, [4], [2] p., XX leaves of plates; 35.4 x 23.0 x 4.8 cm(page size:34.4 x 22.3 cm)
notes
Engraved title page: Historia Imperii Japonici, GermanicÈ scripta ab Engelberto Kaempfero, Lemgoviensi M.D. & Exc. Comitis Lippiaci quondam Archiatro. Ex Autoris Autographo nunguam antea edito AnglicÈ vertit Præfatione Mappis ac æneis Tabulis Illustravit, Johannes Casparus Scheuchzer, Tigurinus e Collegio Medico Londinensi et Societatis Regiæ ibidem Socius.
Londoni, Impensis Editoris, MDCCXXVII. [1727]
装 丁(bookbinding)：革装
背形状(back)：丸背
背タイトル(spine title)：History of Japan
identifier
[DS/835/Ka](000194662,000194670)
