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Lot 336
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Kaempfer, Engelbert. Histoire naturelle, civile et ecclésiastique de l'empire du Japon.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 EUR
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Description

Histoire naturelle, civile et ecclésiastique de l'empire du Japon. Traduit en françois sur la version Angloise de Jean-Gaspar Scheuchzer. La Haye, Gosse et Neaulme, 1729. 2 volumes in-folio (351 x 230 mm) demi-veau blond, dos à nerfs, pièces de titre rouges, tomaisons vertes (Reliure du XIXème siècle).

Literature

Chadenat, 6020.

Condition

Mouillure, quelques rousseurs et feuillets jaunis. Feuillet blanc en tête restauré, portant la mention "Les 2 volumes sont collationés 1732".
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Catalogue Note

Première édition française.

Frontispice par I.C. Philips et 45 planches hors-texte, la plupart dépliantes, coutumes, vues, cartes, faune et flore du Japon.

Mouillure, quelques rousseurs et feuillets jaunis, feuillet blanc en tête restauré, portant la mention "Les 2 volumes sont collationés 1732".