THE HISTORY OF JAPAN: GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ANTIENT AND PRESENT STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THAT EMPIRE ... TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE KINGDOM OF SIAM
by [JAPAN] KAEMPFER, Engelbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Light dampstaining in second volume. Generally clean and bright, Near Fine
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Cordier, JAPONICA pages 414-15; Cox I: 332; Garrison-Morton 6374.11; See Nissen BBI 1019 note; Wellcome III: 376.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019215
- Title
- THE HISTORY OF JAPAN: GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ANTIENT AND PRESENT STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THAT EMPIRE ... TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE KINGDOM OF SIAM
- Author
- [JAPAN] KAEMPFER, Engelbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Light dampstaining in second volume. Generally clean and bright, Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- for the Publisher, and Thomas Woodward and Charles Davis
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1728
- Keywords
- 18th Century, Illustrated Books, Japan, Travel, Natural History
- Bookseller catalogs
- 18th Century; Natural History; Japan;
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Charles Agvent
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