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The history of Japan : giving an account of the antient 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

Material Type Books
Publication London : Printed for the publisher, and sold by Thomas Woodward [etc.] , 1728
Size 2 v. (lij, 612, 75 p., XLV leaves of plates (some folded)) : ill. (metalcuts) ; 35 cm. (fol.)
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Imadegawa Library The Otis Cary Collection・Special Collections (Rare Books) v. 1 291.09||K8-2A||1 770125022 M12-1 The Otis Cary Collection
Imadegawa Library The Otis Cary Collection・Special Collections (Rare Books) v. 2 291.09||K8-2A||2 770125023 M12-2 The Otis Cary Collection

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Bibliography ID BB00187457
Text Language English
Other titles other title:Historia Imperii Japonici
Notes Vol. 1 has added t.p. engraved and in Latin: Historia Imperii Japonici
"April 27. 1727. Imprimatur, Hans Sloane, Præs. Soc. Reg."--T.p. verso
Title printed in black and red
Authors  *Kaempfer, Engelbert, 1651-1716
 Scheuchzer, John Gaspar, 1702-1729
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NCID BA14279566

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