Kaempfer, Englebert Geschichte und Beschreibung von Japan. [with] Icones selectae plantarum,quas in Japonia collegit et delineavit Engelbertus Kaempfer. [with]Beiträge und Kommentar [with essays by Johann Caspar Scheuchzer, PeterKapitza, Hans Hüls, and Tadashi Imai] Berlin and New York: Springer-Verlag, 1980 Kaempfer (1651-1716) travelled to Persia and Japan with the Dutch East Indies Company and compiled two landmark works based on his decade in Asia. His Amoenitates Exoticae [Exotic Pleasures] was published during his lifetime, and contained observations from his travels on natural history, medicine, history, and politics. His collections were purchased by Sir Hans Sloane. Kaempfer's History of Japan, first published in English in 1727, created a furor throughout Europe and remained the most important work on Japan into the mid-nineteenth century. This facsimile edition reprints the two-volume edition prepared by Christian Wilhelm Dohm from Kaempfer's original manuscript (Lemgo, 1777-1779) with the Icones selectae plantarum edited by Joseph Banks (London, 1791). The volume of commentary reprints the bibliographical discussion of works on Japan before Kaempfer by his English translator, Johann Caspar Scheuchzer; and presents new essays on Kaempfer's role in the European Enlightenment, the printing history of his work on Japan, and a view of Kaempfer from the perspective of Japanese studies. An extremely significant work (JAPAN) Facsimile edition limited to 500 copies. 4 vols., 8vo and 4to. Numerous illustrations and plates (many folding). Three quarter morocco and marbled boards. Fine in publisher's folding case Price: USD 1,250.00 other currencies   order no. 37366    inquire

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