The history of Japan, giving an account of the ancient and present state and government of that empire
Subtitle: 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
By: written in High-Dutch by Engelbertus Kaempfer ... and translated from his original manuscript, never before printed, by J.G. Scheuchzer ...  ; with the life of the author, and an introduction ; illustrated with many copper plates
Contributors: Scheuchzer, John Gaspar, 1702-1729
Publisher: Printed for the translator
Published: 1727
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Description and travel; History
Other titles: Historia imperii Japonici
Work titles: Geschichte und Beschreibung von Japan
Notes: Paged continuously; pagination irregular.

Title printed in red and black.

Added engraved title-page in Latin in v. 1.

Head and tail pieces; decorative initials.

Includes index.

Bound in marbled paper-covered boards; leather labels with gilt title and volume number on spine.