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, M. D. Physician to the Dutch Embassy to the Emperor's Court; and translated from his Original Manuscript, never before printed, by J. G. Scheuchzer, F. R. S. And a Member of the College of Physicians, London. 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. Illustrated with many Copper Plates...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaempfer, Engelbert, 1651-1716.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

Beschryving van Japan. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan--History--To 1868.

Japan.

History.

Thailand--Description and travel.

Thailand.

Japan--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

2v.(8 unnumbered pages,lii pages, 4 unnumbered pages,612,75 pages, 11 unnumbered pages;2 unnumbered pages,11 pages, 1 unnumbered page),plates : maps ; 2⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for the publisher, and sold by Thomas Woodward at the Half-Moon over against St. Dunstan's Church Fleetstreet, and Charles Davis in Pater-Noster Row, MDCCXXVIII. [1728]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Titlepages in red and black.

With an additional titlepage, engraved: 'Historia imperii Japonici' dated 1727 and a list of subscribers, in vol.1.

Apparently a reissue of the 1727 edition, with a cancel titlepage in vol.1 only, dated 1728.

Vol. 2 has a second appendix inserted after the index, with separate pagination, register and a titlepage dated 1728.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T124601.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.