Stock ID #164160 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 of their Trade and Commerce, with the Dutch and Chinese, together with a Description of Siam, translated by J.G. Scheuchzer together with a life of the author. ENGELBERTUS KAEMPFER.
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 of their Trade and Commerce, with the Dutch and Chinese, together with a Description of Siam, translated by J.G. Scheuchzer together with a life of the 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 of their Trade and Commerce, with the Dutch and Chinese, together with a Description of Siam, translated by J.G. Scheuchzer together with a life of the 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 of their Trade and Commerce, with the Dutch and Chinese, together with a Description of Siam, translated by J.G. Scheuchzer together with a life of the 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 of their Trade and Commerce, with the Dutch and Chinese, together with a Description of Siam, translated by J.G. Scheuchzer together with a life of the 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 of their Trade and Commerce, with the Dutch and Chinese, together with a Description of Siam, translated by J.G. Scheuchzer together with a life of the 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 of their Trade and Commerce, with the Dutch and Chinese, together with a Description of Siam, translated by J.G. Scheuchzer together with a life of the 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 of their Trade and Commerce, with the Dutch and Chinese, together with a Description of Siam, translated by J.G. Scheuchzer together with a life of the author.

Tokyo: Yushodo. 1977. Number 124 of a limited edition of 300 copies. Stock ID #164160

Two volumes. Title pages in red and black. 36 x 22.6cm.

Volume I: 4 double page maps (2 folding), 18 engravings, [7], lii, 391, [1]pp and 4 page explanation of plates. Volume II: 45 maps and plates, [2], 393 - 612pp, 6 page index, 75 page appendix to the History of Japan, 11 page second appendix and a 4 page explanation of plates.

Bound in half leather, marbled paper boards, in cloth covered slipcase. Book plate of a prior owner preliminary leaf in each volume, very light sunning on spines, cloth slipcase rubbed with minor loss along two edges, otherwise an excellent copy.

A handsome limited edition facsimile of this classic work on Japan published to the 250th year anniversary of the publication of the first English edition of Kaempfer's The History of Japan was publshed.

The comprehensive coverage given in this early authoritative account of Japan, covering as it does so many aspects of the country including history, natural history, buildings, religion, customs and trade with the outside world, reflects the three years that Kaempfer travelled freely in Japan. The section on Siam in the first volume includes information on the period after the fall of King Narai when succession was in doubt and most foreigners had been excluded from the Kingdom.

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