KAEMPFER, Engelbert. The History of Japan giving the account of the ancient and present state and goverment of that empire; of its temples, palaces, castles and other buildings; of its metals, minerals, trees, plants, animals, birds and fishes; of the chronology and succession of the emperors, ecclesiastical and secular..., London: printed for the translator, 1727. 2 volumes, 2 (462 x 300mm.), titles printed in red and black, additional engraved title in volume I, 45 engraved plates, mostly double page or folding, woodcut initials and headpieces, 4 pages of subscribers (plate 8 has tear to fold, additional title browned, minor spotting and staining mostly confined to margins), contemporary speckled calf (extremities rubbed, spine worn), contemporary pencil annotations to inside front cover.