Kaempfero Engelberto (4 results)

No legatura. Condition: Buono. Augusta Vindelicrum, Norimberga, 1730 circa. Da "Atlas Novus", edito tra il 1728 e il 1730. Disegnata da Engelberto Kaempfero, respinta e modificata da Matteo Seutter (in latino nel cartiglio) e incisa da Tobias Conrad Lotter (in minuta stampa in basso a destra, sotto l'inciso, "Tob. Conr. Lotter Sculpsit"), incisione in rame all'acquaforte, coeva coloritura a mano, cm 50 x 59 circa (il foglio) più margini. Grande e ricco cartiglio in alto a sinistra arricchito da figure (un cartografo vestito alla maniera occidentale e monaci e studiosi abbigliati alla maniera orientale); una rosa dei venti al centro, in basso alcuni schemi riportano simboli della cultura e della civiltà giapponese, margine graduato su tutto il perimetro. Esemplare in tenue coloritura, sparse e piccole fioriture, due piccoli strappi al margine inferiore, nell'insieme in margini e in buono stato di conservazione. .…

Lemgoviae 1712, Meyeri.New half leather over marbled boards, engraved frontis piece & vignette on title,16 folding plates 60 full-page plates,8 half-page engravings, total of 91 fine copper-etched engravings,paper'toned," faded red edges,912p. . *** **** *** . . . THE FULL & COMPLETE TITLE: . . . AMOENITATUM EXOTICARUM POLITICO-PHYSICO MEDICARUM . . . FASCICULI V, QUIBUS CONTINENTUR VARIONES, OBSERVATIONES . . . & DESCRIPTIONES RERUM PERSICARUM & ULTERIORS ASIAE, . . . MULTA ATTENTIONE, IN PEREGRINATIONIBUS PER UNIVERSUM . . . ORIENTEM, COLLECTAE, AB AUCTORE . . . ENGLEBERTO KAEMPFERO, D. . . . THE FIRST & ONLY ORIGINAL EDITION 1712 . . *** About half of this work is devoted to Kaempfer's travels in Persia [see below], with stunning copper etchings documenting his travels and recording the flora & botanical specimens he found of interest of that desert region. Of interest are the plates of date palms and other unique desert fruits. The balance of the work convers Japanese medicine, acupuncture, flora, medical pharmacopeia & botany. . *** RARITY: The book is rare and appears to be from a very small printing of this fascinating work. Few complete copies are found in world libraries. [See WorldCat] . *** Complete in 5 Fascicles. . The contents: Fasciculus I: Complectens relationes de aulae Persicae stau hodierno. [16 relationes]. * Fasciculus II: Contiens relationes & observationese historico-physicas de rebus variis. [14 relationes]. * Relatio XIII: Chartopeia Japonica, [caracteres Chinois]. * Relatio XIV: Regnum Japonicae optima ratione, ab egressu civicum, & exterarum gentium ingressu & communione, clausum, [caract. Chinois]. * Fasciculus III: Contiens Observationes physico-medicas curiosas [16 observationes]. * Obs. XI: Curatio colicae per Acupuneturan, Japonibus usitata. * Obs. XII: Moxa, praestantissima cauteriorum materica, Sinensibus Japonisbusq; multum usitata,[charact. Chinois]. * Obs. XIII: Theae Japonesis historia [caract. Chinois et planches]. * Fasciculus IV: Contiens Relationes Botanico-historicas de Palma dactylifera in Perside crescente. [10 relationes]. * Fasciculus V. Contiens Plantarum Japonicarum, quas regnum peragranti solum natale conspiciendas object, nomina & characteres sinicos; intermixtis, pro specimne, quarundam plenis descriptionibus, una cum Iconibus. Cont: catalogus planarum fasiculi v in quinque calasses distributi, quarum exhibet. . Classis: 1. Plantas volgo dictas bacciferas & pruniferas. 2. PL. pomiferas & Nuciferas. 3. Pl. Oleraceas & Frugiferas. 4. Pl. specioso flore conspicuas. 5. Pl. miscellaneas. . Index: contains [32] unnumbered pages. . *** NOTE: While Kaempfer states "Chinese characters" in the text, actually what he meant to say was Japanese Kanji characters "borrowed" from the Chinese [Hanzi]. . *** THE AUTHOR: Engelbert Kaempfer [1740-1812], was a German doctor, and is best known as the director of the Deshima factory in Nagasaki, Japan from 1779-1780 & 1781-1784. Also his classic work: THE HISTORY OF JAPAN, 1827 & 1828 was his most stunning contribution to information on Japan at the time, their flora, especially the tea camellia, acupuncture, hand paper-making, and medical studies relating to acupuncture and the use of moxibustion as a cauterizing & therapeutic agent. He also addresses herbs, pharmacopeias such as ginseng, moxa, ginger and other medicinal plants, most of which were unknown to the western world at this time. . *** In 1683 he joined the Swedish embassy to visit the Shah of Persia. The embassy traveled from Moscow, via Kazan, Astrakhan, across the Caspian Sea to Isfahan, the capital of Persia. Kaempfer ventured out along the way, exploring other areas by the Baku on the Caspian Sea. He was an avid student and mastered the Persian language, which enabled him to then focus on that country's flora, fauna and geography. The results of these studies are found in this text, with especial focus on the flora. . Upon return to Sweden, Kaempfer joined the Dutch East India Company, where he was appointed chief surgeon in the Persian Gulf. He explored Arabia, the west coast of India and finally ended up in Batavia, where he focused on Javanese natural history. While there, he met several people who had been stationed in Deshima, Japan, and some Japanese. At his request, he was appointed chief surgeon to Deshima where he studied all aspects of the Japanese. He also taught Dutch and European medicine to a select few Japanese then who called themselves "Rangakusha" or Dutch students/scholars. . His resulting early and important "HISTORY OF JAPAN," London 1727 introduced many new things to the western world. His essays and illustrations on Japanese acupuncture, moxa, paper-making, natural history, use of cannabis, opium, tobacco and amber shed new light on medical practice in Japan. In many ways the current work resembles the "HISTORY OF JAPAN" in that it outlines similar subjects and in depth essays and extensive illustrations of flora [fruits, vegetables], and fauna found in Persia. He also discusses local customs, musical instruments, costume, fruits and a variety of unusual plants found in the desert and oasis of that area. . In the present work Kaempfer devotes 502 pages to Persia, with 42 stunning copper etched plates, some fold outs. including acupuncture, a long chapter on the Persian date palm, and a variety of cultural, fauna and flora essays. He also attaches an extensive catalogue of Japanese plants with their names and Kanji characters in the text. He adds 47 botanical and other copper etched plates with a map to the last part of this work. . *** THE ENGRAVED PLATES: The plates found in this text are either large fold-outs, single full page, or one half or one third text illustrations. The fold-outs and full single page plates are copper etched, while the text illustrations may be wood cuts or possibly copper etched. The distinguishing "plate mark" is difficult to find on the text plates, while on the others this is very clear. . T. …

Lemgoviae 1712, Meyeri. New half leather over marbled boards engraved frontis piece & vignette on title,16 folding plates 60 full-page plates,8 half-page engravings, total of 91 fine copper-etched engravings, bright clean, green edges, 912p. . *** **** *** . . . THE FULL & COMPLETE TITLE: . . . AMOENITATUM EXOTICARUM POLITICO-PHYSICO MEDICARUM . . . FASCICULI V, QUIBUS CONTINENTUR VARIONES, OBSERVATIONES . . . & DESCRIPTIONES RERUM PERSICARUM & ULTERIORS ASIAE, . . . MULTA ATTENTIONE, IN PEREGRINATIONIBUS PER UNIVERSUM . . . ORIENTEM, COLLECTAE, AB AUCTORE . . . ENGLEBERTO KAEMPFERO, D. . . . THE FIRST & ONLY ORIGINAL EDITION 1712 . . *** About half of this work is devoted to Kaempfer's travels in Persia [see below], with stunning copper etchings documenting his travels and recording the flora & botanical specimens he found of interest of that desert region. Of interest are the plates of date palms and other unique desert fruits. The balance of the work convers Japanese medicine, acupuncture, flora, medical pharmacopeia & botany. . *** RARITY: The book is rare and appears to be from a very small printing of this fascinating work. Few complete copies are found in world libraries. [See WorldCat] . *** Complete in 5 Fascicles. . The contents: Fasciculus I: Complectens relationes de aulae Persicae stau hodierno. [16 relationes]. * Fasciculus II: Contiens relationes & observationese historico-physicas de rebus variis. [14 relationes]. * Relatio XIII: Chartopeia Japonica, [caracteres Chinois]. * Relatio XIV: Regnum Japonicae optima ratione, ab egressu civicum, & exterarum gentium ingressu & communione, clausum, [caract. Chinois]. * Fasciculus III: Contiens Observationes physico-medicas curiosas [16 observationes]. * Obs. XI: Curatio colicae per Acupuneturan, Japonibus usitata. * Obs. XII: Moxa, praestantissima cauteriorum materica, Sinensibus Japonisbusq; multum usitata,[charact. Chinois]. * Obs. XIII: Theae Japonesis historia [caract. Chinois et planches]. * Fasciculus IV: Contiens Relationes Botanico-historicas de Palma dactylifera in Perside crescente. [10 relationes]. * Fasciculus V. Contiens Plantarum Japonicarum, quas regnum peragranti solum natale conspiciendas object, nomina & characteres sinicos; intermixtis, pro specimne, quarundam plenis descriptionibus, una cum Iconibus. Cont: catalogus planarum fasiculi v in quinque calasses distributi, quarum exhibet. . Classis: 1. Plantas volgo dictas bacciferas & pruniferas. 2. PL. pomiferas & Nuciferas. 3. Pl. Oleraceas & Frugiferas. 4. Pl. specioso flore conspicuas. 5. Pl. miscellaneas. . Index: contains [32] unnumbered pages. . *** NOTE: While Kaempfer states "Chinese characters" in the text, actually what he meant to say was Japanese Kanji characters "borrowed" from the Chinese [Hanzi]. . *** THE AUTHOR: Engelbert Kaempfer [1740-1812], was a German doctor, and is best known as the director of the Deshima factory in Nagasaki, Japan from 1779-1780 & 1781-1784. Also his classic work: THE HISTORY OF JAPAN, 1827 & 1828 was his most stunning contribution to information on Japan at the time, their flora, especially the tea camellia, acupuncture, hand paper-making, and medical studies relating to acupuncture and the use of moxibustion as a cauterizing & therapeutic agent. He also addresses herbs, pharmacopeias such as ginseng, moxa, ginger and other medicinal plants, most of which were unknown to the western world at this time. . *** In 1683 he joined the Swedish embassy to visit the Shah of Persia. The embassy traveled from Moscow, via Kazan, Astrakhan, across the Caspian Sea to Isfahan, the capital of Persia. Kaempfer ventured out along the way, exploring other areas by the Baku on the Caspian Sea. He was an avid student and mastered the Persian language, which enabled him to then focus on that country's flora, fauna and geography. The results of these studies are found in this text, with especial focus on the flora. . Upon return to Sweden, Kaempfer joined the Dutch East India Company, where he was appointed chief surgeon in the Persian Gulf. He explored Arabia, the west coast of India and finally ended up in Batavia, where he focused on Javanese natural history. While there, he met several people who had been stationed in Deshima, Japan, and some Japanese. At his request, he was appointed chief surgeon to Deshima where he studied all aspects of the Japanese. He also taught Dutch and European medicine to a select few Japanese then who called themselves "Rangakusha" or Dutch students/scholars. . His resulting early and important "HISTORY OF JAPAN," London 1727 introduced many new things to the western world. His essays and illustrations on Japanese acupuncture, moxa, paper-making, natural history, use of cannabis, opium, tobacco and amber shed new light on medical practice in Japan. In many ways the current work resembles the "HISTORY OF JAPAN" in that it outlines similar subjects and in depth essays and extensive illustrations of flora [fruits, vegetables], and fauna found in Persia. He also discusses local customs, musical instruments, costume, fruits and a variety of unusual plants found in the desert and oasis of that area. . In the present work Kaempfer devotes 502 pages to Persia, with 42 stunning copper etched plates, some fold outs. including acupuncture, a long chapter on the Persian date palm, and a variety of cultural, fauna and flora essays. He also attaches an extensive catalogue of Japanese plants with their names and Kanji characters in the text. He adds 47 botanical and other copper etched plates with a map to the last part of this work. . *** THE ENGRAVED PLATES: The plates found in this text are either large fold-outs, single full page, or one half or one third text illustrations. The fold-outs and full single page plates are copper etched, while the text illustrations may be wood cuts or possibly copper etched. The distinguishing "plate mark" is difficult to find on the text plates, while on the others this is very clear. . The. …

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