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Kaempfer, Engelbert - Histoire naturelle, civile et ecclesiastique de l'empire du Japon, translated from the English by J.G. Scheuchzer. 3 volumes, Amsterdam, Uitwerf, 1732.

12°, 312+416+379 pag., full leather. Good copy of a classical work on Japan in French. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 13 foldings plates with maps and views. Second, slightly abridged edition in 12°. Kaempfer (a German physician and botanical scientist), was a medical officer to the Dutch factory on Deshima. He was one of the (very) few persons that were allowed to travel through Japan when this was forbidden to other Europeans. His interestting and excellent illustrated work has long been recognized as the most authorative report on Japan. B0586.
EUR 2587.50 [Appr.: US$ 2982.24 | £UK 2217 | JP¥ 435568] Book number 42119

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