J G Scheuchzer (9 results)
More imagesPublished by James MacLehose & Sons, Glasgow, 1906
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Seller: Frey Fine Books, Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.Frey Fine Books
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition, thus. Three volume set, complete. A Very Good set. 8vo., (xc), 337, (x), 397, (ix). 385 pp, folding maps and plates, other illustrations. Publisher's red cloth with gilt spine titles. Spines sunned end papers foxed as always, else a beautiful… set of a lovely production. Handsome armorial book plate in each volume (matching). Very tight, very clean. A Very Good set. ***International and expedited shipping only will require additional postage charges.***.
More imagesPublished by Printed for the Publisher, and sold by Thomas Woodward.and Charles Davis, London, 1728
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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).
Published by Printed for the Translator, London
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Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.Shoemaker Booksellers
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. [1929] Original full-leather binding w/ 6 raised bands on spine w/ elaborate gilt decoration and gilt title on red leather spine. This large volume is complete being 2 volumes bound in one, as issued. Hinges are tender. Wear to spine ends, edges and corners; light scratches. Pages… are intact, minimal soiling, scattered light foxing. Original owners bookplate on front paste-down, and name is present on front blank endpaper. Also included is a neatly handwritten note (in the original envelope) dated 1948 from Sadiko Suzuki to Capt. Tomas telling of obtaining the book for the Capt. and having to borrow money to buy the book (for him?) and could he pay for it (kind of confusing but noteworthy anyway). #60 of 150 copies of the 1929 facsimile printing of the 1727 original. Comes in original cardboard slipcase. Illust. w/ 45 copper plates and maps, many of the maps are large fold-outs.
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Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, IndiaTrue World of Books
Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1727 edition.… NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 15 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.
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Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, IndiaTrue World of Books
Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1727 edition.… NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 24 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.
More imagesLanguage: German
Published by J. J. Honegger, Zürich
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Seller: buch&kunst, Menziken, AG, Switzerlandbuch&kunst
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Gut bis sehr gut. 39,5 x 29,5 cm, Halbleinen des 20. Jh., lilafarbene Originalbroschur mit eingebunden, Titelblatt mit Vignette, 54 Textseiten, 12 Originallithografien, lithografiert von Honegger, gezeichnet von Hassler, J. G. Steffan, C. Scheuchzer, Fähnlein, und A. Schmidt. Erschienen wohl in 4 Lieferunge…n à 3 Lithografien. Zweite verbesserte Auflage, um 1834. Die Texte stammen von Gerold Ludwig Meyer von Knonau (1804-1858), dem ersten Staatsarchivar des Kantons Zürich. Von Johann Jakob Honegger sind weitere Lithografie-Werke bekannt, wie etwa "Die Heiligen des Schweizerlandes" (siehe in unserem Angebot!) oder sein wohl bekanntestes Werk (von Schinz): "Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Menschen und der Säugethiere". Eine Tafel im weissen Rand etwas stärker fleckig, ansonsten nur sehr gering fleckig, Einriss auf einer Textseite von alter Hand restauriert, insgesamt jedoch gutes, ansprechendes Exemplar der äusserst seltenen Publikation. Hassler, J. G. Steffan, C. Scheuchzer, Fähnlein, A. Schmidt (illustrator).
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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Add to basketCondition: 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 Fi.
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Seller: Antiquariaat Wim de Goeij, Kalmthout, ANTW, BelgiumAntiquariaat Wim de Goeij
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Add to basket0. Amsterdam, Arent van Huissteen en Jan Roman de Jonge, 1733, in-folio, 33,2 x 21 cm, 50 + 500 pp + 45 engraved plates or maps h.t. (mostly double-page)(complete), contemporary full calf, raised back with gilt decoration and title label, marbled edges, (some wear at hinges, corners, and top and end of spine has been expertly re…stored), one small library stamp on title. Clean and crisp interior. Dutch translation of the first English edition ( London 1728). Good copy of a rare and very interesting book, the first authoritative description of Japan in the western world. The second edition is divided in five books and an appendix on the natural history of Japan. It also contains a biography of the author by J.Scheuchzer . (Cox I 332 for the English edition).
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Add to basketLeather Bound. Condition: New. Language: Dutch. Language: Dutch_Flemish. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spi…ne lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1729. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - Dutch,Flemish, Pages: : - 668, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 668 668.
