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K.J. Hewett (1919-1994) was a renowned London dealer in ethnographic art and antiquities. Other books from his library were offered in these rooms on 21 March 2018.
JAPAN KAEMPFER (ENGELBERT) The History of Japan, Giving an Account of the Ancient and Present State and Government of That Empire, 2 vol. bound in 1, FIRST EDITION, [Thomas Woodward and Charles Davis], 1727[-1728]
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The History of Japan was the most important source of information in the West about Japan for more than a century, providing a detailed "history and description of Japan and its fauna, a description of Nagasaki and Deshima; a report on two embassies to Edo with a description of the cities which were visited on the way; and six appendices, on tea, Japanese paper, acupuncture, moxa, ambergris, and Japan's seclusion policy" (DSB). This second issue contains an additional "Second appendix... Being Part of An Authentic Journal of a Voyage to Japan, Made by the English in the year 1673", dated 1728 on separate title-page.
Provenance: Rev. Patrick Braddy, bequest to St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie, N.Y. (1894), stamp in blank lower margin of title to volume 1.





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