KAEMPFER (Engelbert, 1651-1716) Lot n° 14

Natural, civil and ecclesiastical history of the Japanese Empire. The Hague, P. Gosse and J. Neaulme, 1729. 2 vol. in-folio (binding: 37 x 24 cm. - pages: 36 x 23 cm.), I: 217 p. (*4, a-n2, A-Z2, Aa-Zz2, Aa-Zz2, Aaa-Iii), II: 313 p., 96 p. (*2, A-Z2, Aa-Zz2, Aa-Zzz2, Aaaa-Mmmm2, A-Z2, AA-Aa2); Interversion between chapters V and VI and pagination error ap. p. 76 (volume II). Brown calf, back with 6 decorated nerves, triple net dishes. Ex-libris of "M.R TITON DE VILLOTRAN Cons. er au Parlement" French ORIGINAL EDITION of Engelbert Kaempfer's trip to Japan, made in 1673 and decorated with a frontispiece by I.C. Philips and 45 plates, mostly double-page, unfolding or simple, presenting Japanese processions, pagodas, fauna and flora, alphabets, city plans, ships or building views... Wear and accidents in binding with missing backs, tears, freckles, missing parts.