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VARENIUS, BERNHARD. Descriptio Regni Japoniae et Siam . . . quibus . . . adduntur quaedam de priscorum Afrorum fide excerpta ex Leone Africano. [12], 292 pages. 8vo, modern blue linen; margins trimmed not affecting text, old institutional stamp on title, paper fault in blank corner of T4. Cambridge: John Hayes for Samuel Simpson, 1673
General description of Japan and Japanese religion originally published in 1649, also containing Varenius's survey of world religions, his Latin translation of Joost Schouten on Siam, excerpts from Leo Africanus (see lot 287) on religion in Africa, and a tract on comparative government examining societies in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Cordier, Japonica 369; DSB XIII, 583-84; Wing V105; overlooked by Alden.
