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Title

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 ...

Author

Kaempfer, Engelbert, 1651-1716.

Publication

London : Printed for the publisher, and sold by Thomas Woodward ... and Charles Davis ..., 1728.

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Additional Authors

• Scheuchzer, John Gaspar, 1702-1729.
• Delboe, Simon
• Gibben, Hamond
• Ramsden, William
• Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776.
• Hulett, William
• King, George
• Moore, Charles
• Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753.
• Royal Society (Great Britain)

Description

2 v. (612 p., 172 p. in various pagings, [1], XLV leaves of plates (39 folded)) : ill., maps; 36 cm. (fol.)

Alternative Title

Historia imperii Japonici.

Subject

• Papermaking > Japan > Early works to 1800
• Japanese paper > Early works to 1800
• Japan > History > To 1868
• Japan > Description and travel > Early works to 1800
• Thailand > Description and travel > Early works to 1800

Note

• "Of the paper manufactures of the Japanese": v. 2, p. 21-28. Plates XL-[XLII] depict plants used in Japanese papermaking, which are described on p. 25-28.
• Translation of: Geschichte und Beschreibung von Japan.
• The "Appendix to The history of Japan" (v. 2, p. [1]-75) is a translation from Latin of 6 sections from the author's Amoenitates exoticae (Lemgo, 1712) relating to Japanese matters, including tea, paper manufacture, moxa, acupuncture and ambergris. Cf. translator's introduction, p. xxii-xxiv.
• Title on added engraved t.p.: Historia imperii Japonici; imprint: Londini : Impensis editoris, 1727.
• "Imprimatur, Hans Sloane, Præs. Soc. Reg., April 27, 1727"--T.p. verso.
• For history of the publication of this work and for further bibliographical information, cf. articles by Hans Hüls in: Engelbert Kaempfer zum 330. Geburtstag (Lemgo, 1982), p. 191-258.
• Signatures: pi² (±pi1) 2pi² a-n² chi² A-5F² 2chi² 3chi² (±3chi1) 5G-7P²; ²A-T²; ³pi1 A-C² chi-2chi² 3chi1.
• Vol. 1: [8], lii, [4], 391, [5] p., [1], XX leaves of plates (16 folded); v. 2: [4], 393-612, 75, [3], 11, [11] p., XXI-XLV leaves of plates (23 folded).
• Title pages printed in red and black.
• Illustrations (including added t.p.): 46 prints : etching, engraving ; plate mark 47 x 24 cm. or smaller. Engraved by Gerard van der Gucht, C. Moore (i.e. Charles Moore?), George King and William Hulett in part after the author's drawings. "Very few were left finished by the author: all the rest I have drawn with my own hand, either from his unfinished originals, or from the prints and drawings of the Japanese in the collection of Sir Hans Sloane"--Translator's introduction, p. lii. Plate [XLII] misnumbered XXII.
• Head- and tailpieces; ornamental initials.
• "The second appendix to Dr. Engelbert Kaempfer's History of Japan, being part of an authentick journal of a voyage to Japan, made by the English in the year 1673" (p. 1-11 (penultimate group) and preceding [2] p.) has special t.p. Signed at end: Simon Delboe, Hamond Gibben, William Ramsden.
• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• "The writers on the Empire of Japan": p. xxxi-li.

Indexed In (note)

• Brunet
• Cordier, H. Bib. Japonica
• Bibliographischer Alt-Japan-Kat.
• Bons d'Anty, P. Kaempfer (in Rev. d'Extrême Orient, v. 2-3)

Call Number

Schlosser 421

LCCN

01014558

OCLC

• 4430569
• NYPG89-B45614

Author

Kaempfer, Engelbert, 1651-1716.

Title

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 ...

Imprint

London : Printed for the publisher, and sold by Thomas Woodward ... and Charles Davis ..., 1728.

Bibliography

"The writers on the Empire of Japan": p. xxxi-li.

Indexed In:

Brunet, III, col. 638

Cordier, H. Bib. Japonica, col. 414-415

Bibliographischer Alt-Japan-Kat., 709

Bons d'Anty, P. Kaempfer (in Rev. d'Extrême Orient, v. 2-3), v.2, p. 499-501

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Local Subject

Paper, Bark -- Early works to 1800.

Added Author

Scheuchzer, John Gaspar, 1702-1729.

Kaempfer, Engelbert, 1651-1716. Amoenitates exoticae. Fasc. 2. Relatio 13-14. English. 1728.

Kaempfer, Engelbert, 1651-1716. Amoenitates exoticae. Fasc. 3. Relatio 11-14. English. 1728.

Delboe, Simon. Journal of a voyage to Japan. 1728.

Gibben, Hamond.

Ramsden, William.

Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776.

Hulett, William.

King, George.

Moore, Charles.

Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753.

Royal Society (Great Britain)

Added Title

Historia imperii Japonici.

Research Call Number

Schlosser 421

*KC+ 1728 (Kaempfer, E. History of Japan)