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Stuttgart, Germany: F.A. Brockhaus, 1964. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 478pp.; HB lt.brwn.w/brwn.&gilt; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. Title trans.: "History and Description of Japan, Vol.II: Published From the Original Manuscripts of the Author, Christian Wilhelm Dohm" 27 reproductions of original works. in German.

Stuttgart.: Brockhaus.. 1982.. 2 volumes. Volume I: Folding map, lxviii + 310pp. Volume II: 1 folding map, 1 folding plan, 1 folding plate, black and white full page plates, [8] + 478pp. Cloth, leather title labels spine, quarto. Small mark cloth upper cover, lettering on upper cover a little worn, a very good set. Facsimile of the first German edition. .

Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 1980. FINE four-volume set in Near Fine custom leatherette folding case with leather ties. #37 of 500 Limited Edition. A deluxe facsimile of the Lemgo 2-volume edition of 1777 / 79, prepared by Christian Wilhelm Dohm from Kaempfer's original manuscript, complete with folded plates. Also, the folio of B/W botanical plates "Icones Selectae Plantarum, quas in Japonia Collegit et Delineavit Engelbertus Kaempfer" edited by Joseph Banks (London, 1791). A fourth volume of commentary, includes the bibliographical discussion of works on Japan before Kaempfer, by Johann Caspar Scheuchzer; new essays on Kaempfer's role in the European Enlightenment; a printing history of his work on Japan; and a view of Kaempfer from the perspective of Japanese studies. Numerous illustrations and plates (many folding). Books bound in three quarter-leather and marbled boards. Four volumes, 8° and 4°, all in original tissue wrappers, all Fine in Near Fine, slightly shelf… Read More