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The history of Japan, together with a description of the kingdom of Siam, 1690-92
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- Creator
- by Engelbert Kaempfer, and tr. by J. G. Scheuchzer, F. R. S
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- English, Undetermined
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- Glasgow : J. MacLehose and sons, 1906
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- 3 volumes : frontispiece (portrait) illustrations (including map, plans) plates (partly folded) folded maps, folded plans. ; 23 cm
- OCLC
- ocm05174460
- The original illustrations have been here reproduced.
- "One thousand copies of this book have been printed ... of which one hundred copies are on hand-made paper."
- Scheuchzer's translation of Kaempfer's "De beschryving van Japan," made under the direction of Sir Hans Sloane, was first published in London, 1727. 2 v.