Kaempfer, Engelbert. Histoire naturelle, civile, et ecclesiastique de l'empire du Japon...trad. en Francois sur la Version Angloise de Jean-Gaspar Scheuchzer...
4 volumes. Amsterdam, Uytwerf, 1732. 17 : 10,5 and 37,5 : 26 cm. 1 leaf, LXX pages, 1 leaf, 312 pages; 3 leaves, 416 pages; 2 leaves, 379 pages, 8 leaves. With engraved frontispiece, titlevignette and 13 (11 folded) plates and maps. Bound in contemporary leather, spine richly gilt and boards (plates).
The classical work on Japan from the times, when it was forbidden for Europeans to travel into the country. Rare, second French edition (before: Den Haag 1729). "The most authoritative account of that country published at that time" (Cox). With maps of Japan and citymaps of Nagasaki and Edo (now Tokyo). Bindings slightly rubbed. - Graesse IV, 1; see Cat. Nederl. Scheepvart Mus. 233; Cox I, 332 f.
Euro3250
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