Histoire naturelle, civile, et ecclesiastique de l'empire du Japon
By: composée en allemand par Englebert Kæempfer ; & traduite en françois sur la version angloise de Jean-Gaspar Scheuchzer
Series: Western books on Asia -- fiches 1,320-1,328
Publisher: Chez P. Gosse, & J. Neaulme
Published: 1729
Place of publication: A La Haye
Language: fre
Format: [microform] /
Subjects: History; Description and travel; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Histoire du Japon.; Histoire du Japon
Work titles: Geschichte und Beschreibung von Japan
Notes: Includes index.

Translation of: Geschichte und Beschreibung von Japan. Translated from The history of Japan (London, 1727).

The "Appendice ou supplement de L'Histoire du Japon" (v. 2, p. [1]-73 (3rd group)) is a translation of 6 sections from the author's Amoenitates exoticae (Lemgo, 1712) relating to Japanese matters, including tea, paper manufacture, moxa, acupuncture and ambergris.

Title on added engraved t.p.: Histoire du Japon.

Title pages printed in red and black.

"Appendice second de L'Histoire du Japon du docteur Engelbert Kaempfer, faisant partie d'un journal authentique du voyage que les anglois firent au Japon en l'an 1673" (v. 2, p. 73-86 (3rd group)). Signed at end: Simon Delboe, Hamond Gibben, Guillaume Ramsden.

Includes bibliographical references.