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KAEMPFER, Engelbert (1651-1716). Amoenitatum Exoticarum Politico-Physico-Medicarum ... quibus continentur Variae Relationes, Observationes & Descriptiones Rerum Persicarum & Ulterioris Asiae. Lemgo: Henrik Wilhelm Meyer, 1712.
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KAEMPFER, Engelbert (1651-1716). Amoenitatum Exoticarum Politico-Physico-Medicarum ... quibus continentur Variae Relationes, Observationes & Descriptiones Rerum Persicarum & Ulterioris Asiae. Lemgo: Henrik Wilhelm Meyer, 1712.
5 parts in one volume, 4° (217 x 172mm). Engraved frontispiece by J. Gale after D. Morot, title in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved armorial dedication leaf, 9 woodcuts, 11 engraved and woodcut text illustrations, 79 engraved plates of which 11 double-page and 3 folding, and including the folding map of the Persian Gulf by F. W. Brandshagen. (Some light spotting, some slight soiling to title-page and last few leaves.) 19th-century polished calf, dark red edges, later red morocco lettering-piece (rebacked with later polished tan calf, extremities lightly rubbed, upper fore edge scuffed). Provenance: Earls of Derby (armorial bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. This is the only work by Kaempfer that was published during his lifetime. Kaempfer had been part of the Swedish embassy to the Shah of Persia, but instead of returning at the end of his tour of duty, he signed up with the Dutch East India Company. Initially he was a company physician at Bandar Abbas, but he joined in 1690 the yearly expedition to Japan and developed a keen interest in that country; it is no coincidence that the greater portion of this book deals with, amongst other subjects, Japanese flora. Amoenitatum Exoticarum reflects the ecclectic and somewhat eccentric interests of this Swedish diplomat-doctor. Nissen BBI 1018; Wellcome III, p. 376.
5 parts in one volume, 4° (217 x 172mm). Engraved frontispiece by J. Gale after D. Morot, title in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved armorial dedication leaf, 9 woodcuts, 11 engraved and woodcut text illustrations, 79 engraved plates of which 11 double-page and 3 folding, and including the folding map of the Persian Gulf by F. W. Brandshagen. (Some light spotting, some slight soiling to title-page and last few leaves.) 19th-century polished calf, dark red edges, later red morocco lettering-piece (rebacked with later polished tan calf, extremities lightly rubbed, upper fore edge scuffed). Provenance: Earls of Derby (armorial bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. This is the only work by Kaempfer that was published during his lifetime. Kaempfer had been part of the Swedish embassy to the Shah of Persia, but instead of returning at the end of his tour of duty, he signed up with the Dutch East India Company. Initially he was a company physician at Bandar Abbas, but he joined in 1690 the yearly expedition to Japan and developed a keen interest in that country; it is no coincidence that the greater portion of this book deals with, amongst other subjects, Japanese flora. Amoenitatum Exoticarum reflects the ecclectic and somewhat eccentric interests of this Swedish diplomat-doctor. Nissen BBI 1018; Wellcome III, p. 376.