The history of Japan : giving an account of the ancient 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 ...

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The history of Japan : giving an account of the ancient 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 ...

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

Yushodo, 1977

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  • v. 2

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Kæmpfer's history of Japan

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Reprint. Originally printed for: London : Translator, 1727

Vol. 1 has added t.-p.: Historia Imperii Japonici

Inserted as supplement: ケンペル著 The History of Japan 刊行250年記念ファクシミリ版解説 沼田次郎, 酒井恒著

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