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Kaempfer, Engelbert The history of Japan. 2vols. 1727

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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

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Kaempfer, Engelbert The history of Japan. 2vols. 1728

<i>The history of Japan. 2vols.</i> view

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.

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Kaempfer, Engelbert De beschryving van Japan. 1729

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De beschryving van Japan : behelsende een verhaal van den ouden en tegenwoordigen staat en regeering van dat ryk, van deszelfs tempels, paleysen, kasteelen en andere gebouwen, van deszelfs metalen, mineralen, boomen, planten, dieren, vogelen en visschen; van de tydrekening, en opvolging van de geestelyke en wereldlyke keyzers; van de oorspronkelyke afstamming, godsdiensten, gewoonten en handwerkselen der inboorlingen, en van hunnen koophandel met de Nederlanders en de Chineesen. Benevens eene beschryving van het Koningryk Siam / in ’t Hoogduytsch beschreven door Engelbert Kæmpfer ; uyt het oorspronkelyk Hoogduytsch handschrift, nooit te vooren gedrukt, in het Engelsch overgezet, door J.G. Scheuchzer ; die daar by gevoegt heeft het leven van den schryver, voorzien met kunstige kopere platen, onder het opzicht van den Ridder Hans Sloane uytgegeven, en uyt het Engelsch in ’t Nederduytsch vertaalt.

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Kaempfer, Engelbert Amoenitatum exoticarum politico-physico-medicarum fasciculi V. 1712

<I>Amoenitatum exoticarum politico-physico-medicarum fasciculi V.</I> view

Amoenitatum exoticarum politico-physico-medicarum fasciculi V : quibus continentur variæ relationes, observationes & descriptiones Rerum Persicarum & Ulterioris Asiæ, multá attentione, in peregrinationibus per universum Orientem, collectae / ab auctore Engelberto Kæmpfero.

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