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KAEMPFER, Engelbert. Histoire naturelle, civile, et ecclésiastique de l'Empire du Japon. Traduite en François sur la version angloise de J.-G. Scheuchzer. La Haye, Gosse & Neaulme, 1729. 2 volumes, folio. 356x225 mm. Coeval binding in full marbled brown leather. Vol I.: Antiporta, Title in red and black with engraved vignette, Pages [6], LII, 45 copper-engraved plates numbered I-XLV, pages 1-217, 1 blank. Vol. II: Title with vignette, Pages [2], 313 (recte 323), 96. Several numbering errors. Fine copy. First French edition, beautifully fiigured. Bower: "It is the most thourough and widely quoted source of information on the history and culture of Japan during the closed centuries of the Tokugawa shogunate. "Engelbert Kaempfer, 1651-1716, German naturalist, physician and writer, traveled to Russia, Persia, India, Southeast Asia between 1683 and 1693 before settling in Japan as a physician at the Dutch East India Company's trading settlement in Nagasaki. During his two-year residency, he made two long trips to Japan. His History of Japan, published posthumously in 1727, was the main source of Western knowledge of the country during the 18th and mid-19th centuries, when the country was closed to foreigners. Kaempfer stayed two years in Japan: he made extensive studies of local plants and was the first Western scholar to describe the Ginkgo biloba tree. He collected materials and information on Japanese acupuncture and moxibustion. He also gathered a great deal of information by frequenting the Japanese who came to Deshima to learn European sciences: he also added further details by carefully reading the accounts of Western travelers and the records of previous trade delegations. The result was the first scholarly study of Tokugawa Japan in the West, a work that greatly influenced the European view of Japan throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, serving as a reference for a variety of works ranging from encyclopedias to the Mikado libretto. Kaempfer's work remains one of the most valuable sources for historians of the Tokugawa period.The important large folded map, "Imperium Japonicum in Sexaginta et Octo Provincias Divisum," by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, also outlines the Russian Kamchatka peninsula and contains a map of Niphon, present-day Honshu, Japan's largest island, taken from one from a Japanese map. A fisherman, a barrel maker and a soothsayer appear in the engraved vignettes.Cordier, BJ 416; Laures 596; Cox I, 332 f. Bowers, Western medical pioneers in feudal Japan, p. 38. 2 volumes, Folio. 356x225 mm. Contemporary full leather binding. Vol I.: Frontispiece, red and black title page, Pages [6], LII, 45 copper plates numbered I-XLV, pages 1-217, 1 bl. Vol. II: title-page, Pages [2], 313 (recte 323), 96. Errors in the numbering. Good copy. First French edition, beautifully illustrated. Bower: "It is the most thourough and widely quoted source of information on the history and culture of Japan during the closed centuries of the Tokugawa shogunate. "Engelbert Kaempfer, 1651-1716, German naturalist, physician and writer, between 1683 and 1693 traveled in Russia, Persia, India, Southeast Asia before settling in Japan as a physician at the trading post of the Dutch East India Company in Nagasaki. During his two-year residency, he made two long trips to Japan. His History of Japan, published posthumously in 1727, was the primary source of Western knowledge of the country during the 18th and mid-19th centuries, when the country was closed to foreigners. Kaempfer stayed in Japan for two years: he made in-depth studies on local plants and was the first Western scholar to describe the Ginkgo biloba tree. He collected materials and information on Japanese acupuncture and moxibustion. He also collected a great deal of information by associating with the Japanese who went to Deshima to learn European sciences: he also added further details thanks to the careful reading of the reports of Western travelers and of the documents of previous trade delegations. The result was the first scholarly study of Tokugawa Japan in the West, a work that greatly influenced the European view of Japan throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, serving as the reference for a variety of works ranging from encyclopedias to the libretto of the Mikado. Kaempfer's work remains one of the most valuable sources for historians of the Tokugawa period.The important large folded map, "Imperium Japonicum in Sexaginta et Octo Provincias Divisum," by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, also outlines the Russian peninsula Kamchatka and contains a map of Niphon, present-day Honshu, the largest island of Japan, taken from one from a Japanese map. In the engraved cartoons, a fisherman, a barrel maker and a soothsayer appear.

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KAEMPFER, Engelbert. Histoire naturelle, civile, et ecclésiastique de l'Empire du Japon. Traduite en François sur la version angloise de J.-G. Scheuchzer. La Haye, Gosse & Neaulme, 1729. 2 volumes, folio. 356x225 mm. Coeval binding in full marbled brown leather. Vol I.: Antiporta, Title in red and black with engraved vignette, Pages [6], LII, 45 copper-engraved plates numbered I-XLV, pages 1-217, 1 blank. Vol. II: Title with vignette, Pages [2], 313 (recte 323), 96. Several numbering errors. Fine copy. First French edition, beautifully fiigured. Bower: "It is the most thourough and widely quoted source of information on the history and culture of Japan during the closed centuries of the Tokugawa shogunate. "Engelbert Kaempfer, 1651-1716, German naturalist, physician and writer, traveled to Russia, Persia, India, Southeast Asia between 1683 and 1693 before settling in Japan as a physician at the Dutch East India Company's trading settlement in Nagasaki. During his two-year residency, he made two long trips to Japan. His History of Japan, published posthumously in 1727, was the main source of Western knowledge of the country during the 18th and mid-19th centuries, when the country was closed to foreigners. Kaempfer stayed two years in Japan: he made extensive studies of local plants and was the first Western scholar to describe the Ginkgo biloba tree. He collected materials and information on Japanese acupuncture and moxibustion. He also gathered a great deal of information by frequenting the Japanese who came to Deshima to learn European sciences: he also added further details by carefully reading the accounts of Western travelers and the records of previous trade delegations. The result was the first scholarly study of Tokugawa Japan in the West, a work that greatly influenced the European view of Japan throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, serving as a reference for a variety of works ranging from encyclopedias to the Mikado libretto. Kaempfer's work remains one of the most valuable sources for historians of the Tokugawa period.The important large folded map, "Imperium Japonicum in Sexaginta et Octo Provincias Divisum," by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, also outlines the Russian Kamchatka peninsula and contains a map of Niphon, present-day Honshu, Japan's largest island, taken from one from a Japanese map. A fisherman, a barrel maker and a soothsayer appear in the engraved vignettes.Cordier, BJ 416; Laures 596; Cox I, 332 f. Bowers, Western medical pioneers in feudal Japan, p. 38. 2 volumes, Folio. 356x225 mm. Contemporary full leather binding. Vol I.: Frontispiece, red and black title page, Pages [6], LII, 45 copper plates numbered I-XLV, pages 1-217, 1 bl. Vol. II: title-page, Pages [2], 313 (recte 323), 96. Errors in the numbering. Good copy. First French edition, beautifully illustrated. Bower: "It is the most thourough and widely quoted source of information on the history and culture of Japan during the closed centuries of the Tokugawa shogunate. "Engelbert Kaempfer, 1651-1716, German naturalist, physician and writer, between 1683 and 1693 traveled in Russia, Persia, India, Southeast Asia before settling in Japan as a physician at the trading post of the Dutch East India Company in Nagasaki. During his two-year residency, he made two long trips to Japan. His History of Japan, published posthumously in 1727, was the primary source of Western knowledge of the country during the 18th and mid-19th centuries, when the country was closed to foreigners. Kaempfer stayed in Japan for two years: he made in-depth studies on local plants and was the first Western scholar to describe the Ginkgo biloba tree. He collected materials and information on Japanese acupuncture and moxibustion. He also collected a great deal of information by associating with the Japanese who went to Deshima to learn European sciences: he also added further details thanks to the careful reading of the reports of Western travelers and of the documents of previous trade delegations. The result was the first scholarly study of Tokugawa Japan in the West, a work that greatly influenced the European view of Japan throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, serving as the reference for a variety of works ranging from encyclopedias to the libretto of the Mikado. Kaempfer's work remains one of the most valuable sources for historians of the Tokugawa period.The important large folded map, "Imperium Japonicum in Sexaginta et Octo Provincias Divisum," by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, also outlines the Russian peninsula Kamchatka and contains a map of Niphon, present-day Honshu, the largest island of Japan, taken from one from a Japanese map. In the engraved cartoons, a fisherman, a barrel maker and a soothsayer appear.

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