Engelbertus Kaempfer (8 results)
Language: English
Published by Tokyo, Yushodo Booksellers Ltd., Tokyo, 1977
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Seller: Antiquariat im Schloss, Schwaigern, D, GermanyAntiquariat im Schloss
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LII, 392 pages, 4 uncounted pages with "An explanation of the plates belonging to the first Volume of this History of Japan", with illustrations and folded maps / Page 393-612, 75 pages of "The appendix to the history of Japan", 11 pages with "The second appendix to Dr. Engelbert Kaempfer's History of Japan: Being part of an aut…hentick Journal of a Voyage to Japan, made by the English in the year 1673", 4 pages with "An explanation of the plates belonging to the second Volume of this History of Japan", 6 pages with the index, this part also with plates. With coloured top-edge. Books in a very good condition. Three hundred copies have been printed of which 290 copies are for sale. This copy number is 66. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 3000 Or.-halfleatherbinding, with marbled paper, gr. 4to, in a cloth-slipcase. This facsimile edition is issued in memory of the 250th year of the first English edition of Engelbert Kämpfer's The History of Japan. Reprint from copy of 1727 by.
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Seller: The Isseido Booksellers, ABAJ, ILAB, Tokyo, JapanThe Isseido Booksellers, ABAJ, ILAB
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Giving an Account of the Ancient Present State and Government of that Empire. Tr. by J.G. Scheuchzer. First English ed., later printing. Folio (35.4 x 24cm). 2 vols. (x), lii, (iv), 391, (iv), (iv), 393-612, 75, (ii), 11, (x)pp. Engraved title, 45 engraved plates & maps (many folding). Wi…th second appendix. Modern full calf, new end-papers, internally slightly water stained and repaired on margin, otherwise good. Provenance; Harvard Sinologist, Charles Sidney Gardner.
More imagesPublished by Printed for the Publisher, and sold by Thomas Woodward.and Charles Davis, London, 1728
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- First Edition
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.Heritage Book Shop, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. . 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 Or…iginal 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 Hugh Dutch.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. Illustrated with many Copper Plates. London: Printed for the Publisher, and sold by Thomas Woodward.and Charles Davis, 1728. Full Description: KÆMPFER, Engelbertus. 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 Hugh Dutch.And translated.by J.G. Scheuchzer.To which is added, Part of a Journal of a Voyage to Japan, made by the English in the Year 1673. Illustrated with many Copper Plates. London: Printed for the Publisher, and sold by Thomas Woodward.and Charles Davis, 1728. First edition, second issue in English. The letterpress title-pages of the second issue were dated 1728, while the engraved title retained the date od 1727. Two folio volumes bound in one (13 3/4 x 9 inches; 340 x 230 mm. [12], lii, 391, [1, blank], [4]; [4], 393-612, [75, Appendix], [1, blank], [2], [11, 2nd Appendix], [1, blank], [4], [6, index] pp. With two title-pages printed in red and black. List of subscribers in Volume I, contents to both volumes, index at end of Volume II, and two appendices in Volume II, including the separately titled appendix on the English voyage to Japan (first included in this edition). Complete with engraved title-page (dated 1727) in Volume I and forty-five engraved plates, of which six are single-page, and the remainder are double-page or folding. Engraved head and tail pieces, and initials. Full contemporary calf, expertly rebacked preserving spine. Boards double-ruled in gilt. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edge brown, others speckled red. Boards rubbed and bumped. Spine chipped and worn. A bit of offsetting from red title-pages, but otherwise internally very clean. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Overall a very good copy of this important work. "Kaempfer was a well known German physician and naturalist with a passion for travelling. Before his arrival in Japan, he had accompanied the Swedish embassy under Louis Fabricius to Persia., then engaging as surgeon with the Dutch fleet, visited India and Batavia, and at length reached Japan, where he stayed three years collecting material for his work. Here he secured the good will of the authorities so completely that he was allowed to travel where and as he pleased. He returned to Europe in 1693 and published an account of his travels under the title of Amoenitates Exoticae. His History of Japan has long been recognized as the most authoritative account of that country published at the time" (Cox). Of particular importance in this book are the maps: "Although maps of all kinds topped the list of prohibitions [of things not permitted to leave Japan], Kaempfer managed to smuggle out ten: four of Japan; one each of the cities of Osaka, Kyoto and Nagasaki; two very rare maps of Edo; and a pictorial map covering the land and sea routes from Edo to Nagasaki. In the History, he stressed the difficulties involved in obtaining any plans, particularly of Edo. Yet his description of the intricate layout of Edo castle was to horrify one interpreter who remarked how 'terrible' it was that a European had acquired so much precise information about the seat of the shogunate. Kaempfer's maps of Japan (based on Shinsen dai Nihon zukan, one of the earliest maps to have shown Hokkaido), though considerably modified by Scheuchzer, were to have an enormous influence on generations of European cartographers' (Fathom). Cox I, p. 322. Wellcome III, p. 376. HBS 69535. $8,500. SCHEUCHZER, J.G. (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Yushodo, Tokyo, 1977
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Seller: Yushodo Co., Ltd., Fuefuki-shi, Yamanashi Pref., JapanYushodo Co., Ltd.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 2 vols. There are stains on the spine of the book. Inside is good. Facsimile Edition, Originally published: London, 1728.
Published by Printed for the Translator, 1727
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Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst)
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. London, 1727. First Edition. Volume I and II complete. Full title: "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. Together with a Description of the Kingdom of Siam". Fine condition. Rebound in full modern padded calf with red and black labels; raised bands, ornaments based on original 18th century design by master binder Vernon Wiering. Folio, 12" to 15" tall; numerous fold-out maps and plates; pages wavy; The two-volume work is divided into five main sections, covering virtually all aspects of 17th century Japan. Volume I, 392 pages followed by "Explanation of Plates" and plates; Volume II, starting with continuation of "Explanation of Plates", paginated 393-602; followed by Appendix of 75 pages; Index of 6 pages, then plates. Photos available upon request. Additional shipping charges will need to be requested due to size or weight of book.
More imagesPublished by Printed for the Publisher, and sold by Thomas Woodward? and Charles Davis, London, 1728
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB
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Condition: Near Fine. Second edition in English. London: Printed for the Publisher, and sold by Thomas Woodward. and Charles Davis, 1728. Second edition in English and the first to include the Appendix on the 1673 English voyage to Japan. The first English edition was published in 1727 and is identical with the exception of the…Appendix on the English voyage. Two volumes, folio (338 x 219 mm). [12], lii, [1]-391, [1, blank], [4, explanation of the plates]; [4], 393-612, 75, [1, blank], [2], 11, [1, blank], [4], [6] pp. Complete with engraved title-page (dated 1727) in volume one and forty-five engraved plates, of which two are folding, six are single-page, and the remainder are double-page. Bound ca. 1850 for Harrison of 59 Pall Mall, London. Three-quarter dark green morocco over green pebbled cloth boards, ruled in blind. Extremities a little rubbed. Inner hinges expertly reinforced and some tissue reinforcement to versos of plates. With the small circular stamp of the Oxford & Cambridge University Club on the verso of both title-pages. The text and plates remarkably clean. A fresh, Near Fine copy of this important work. "Kaempfer (1651 - 1716) was a well known German physician and naturalist with a passion for travelling. Before his arrival in Japan, he had accompanied the Swedish embassy under Louis Fabricius to Persia.then engaging as surgeon with the Dutch fleet, visited India and Batavia, and at length reached Japan, where he stayed three years collecting material for his work. Here he secured the good will of the authorities so completely that he was allowed to travel where and as he pleased. He returned to Europe in 1693 and published an account of his travels under the title of Amoenitates Exoticae. His History of Japan has long been recognized as the most authoritative account of that country published at the time" (Cox). "Some knowledge of Japan had been disseminated to Europe in the sixteenth century through the accounts of Roman Catholic missionaries such as Francis Xavier. However, following the restriction of trade from the 1620s, first-hand information about the country was largely available to Europeans only via VOC (Dutch East India Company) merchants stationed at the 'Japan factory' at Deshima. Dutch accounts at this time evoked romantic images of an isolated country with mysterious customs, views that coloured western notions of Japan during the 'closed country' (sakoku) period. The term sakoku in fact owes its existence to Engelbert Kaempfer's History of Japan. It was coined by the Nagasaki translator Shizuki Tadao in his 1801 Japanese-language edition of the work. Before this time, the policy was known as kaikin or 'maritime restrictions'. Kaempfer served as surgeon at Deshima in 1690 - 92 and was able to gather extensive notes on the history, culture and natural history of the country, primarily during his two excursions accompanying the annual Dutch procession to the capital, Edo. Returning to Europe in 1695, Kaempfer began to make arrangements to publish his findings. He produced a survey of Japanese botany, Amoenitatum exoticarum, in 1712, but died before he was able to publish his history of the country itself. Fortunately, his manuscript notes survived and were purchased by the botanist and collector Sir Hans Sloane (1660 -1753) who passed them to his librarian, Gaspar Scheuchzer (1702- 29), to translate into English. The resulting two-volume publication, of which this is a copy, was dedicated to George II. It was the most comprehensive European account of Japan for over a century and the first such work in English. Kaempfer's History also contained plates taken from authentic Japanese woodblock prints, including.the first contemporary depiction of Edo to appear in European literature. The book's influence was wide-ranging and it remained an important account of Japan and Japanese life until well into the nineteenth century" (Royal Collection Trust). Cordier, Japonica, pp. 414-415; Cox I, p. 332; Garrison-Morton 6374; Wellcome III, p. 376. Near Fine.
More imagesPublished by London., 1727
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Seller: HALEWOOD : ABA:ILAB : Booksellers :1867, PRESTON, United KingdomHALEWOOD : ABA:ILAB : Booksellers :1867
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First Edition. 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 Englebertus Kaempfer,…M.D. Physician to the Dutch Embassy to the Emperor's Court; and translated from his original manuscript, never before printed, by J. G. Scheuchzer. Volume Two only. red an black printed title, 1, 393 - 612pp, appendix 75pp, 1, 6 index. Folio, 14.5 x 9.5 inches, contemporary calf [worn]. Volume two, complete with the engraved plates, many double-page. Rare work, volume two only, with damp worn foredge which has made an area of the foredge margin damaged, as a 'large copy' with wide margins only a few early borders are touched, printed title, and touches the border only of the first three plates, the remaining content is clean and excellent. 1727.
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Kupferstich (2 Blatt Kupferstiche) von Ottens, Amsterdam, um 1740, 30x37,5 cm (rundum knapprandig, Faltspuren, leicht fleckig) *Maps of the travels von Engelbert Kaempfer in Japan.
