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THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE KENNETH JOHN HEWETT

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.
Lot 199

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]

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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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, second issue, engraved additional title in volume 1 (dated 1727), titles in red and black, letterpress list of subscribers, 45 engraved plates and maps (including large map of Japan, mostly double-page or folding, one shaved just touching image), short tear repaired to title of second appendix, light dampstaining to first half, calf antique [Cordier, Japonica 414-415], folio (347 x 225mm.), [Thomas Woodward and Charles Davis], 1727[-1728]

Footnotes

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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