The history of Japan
Subtitle: 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 Written in High-Dutch by Engelbertus Kæmpfer, 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, F.R.S. and a member of the College of Physicians, London. With the life of the author, and an introduction. Illustrated with many copper plates,
Series: Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 2: Slave trade in the Atlantic world; Slavery & anti-slavery
Publisher: printed for the translator
Published: 1727
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 612
Subjects: History
Work titles: Beschryving van Japan
Notes: Titlepages in red and black.

With an additional titlepage, engraved: 'Historia imperii Japonici', and a list of subscribers, in vol.1.

Reproduction of the original from the British Library.