The history of Japan [electronic resource] : giving an account of the antient and present state and...
The history of Japan [electronic resource] : 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. ... .
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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]
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MDCCXXVIII. [1728]
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2v.([8],lii,[4],612,75,[11];[2],11,[1]p.),plates : maps ; 2°.
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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]
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MDCCXXVIII. [1728]
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The history of Japan [electronic resource] : 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...
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Apparently a reissue of the 1727 edition, with a cancel titlepage in vol.1 only, dated 1728.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Titlepages in red and black.
Vol. 2 has a second appendix inserted after the index, with separate pagination, register and a titlepage dated 1728.
With an additional titlepage, engraved: 'Historia imperii Japonici' dated 1727 and a list of subscribers, in vol.1....
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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