May 04, 2023 - Sale 2635

Sale 2635 - Lot 309

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[Travels & Voyages] Varenius, Bernhard (1622-1650)
Descriptio Regni Japoniae.

Amsterdam: Elzevier, 1649.

First edition, 16mo, added engraved title page and folding typographical table; bound in full contemporary parchment over boards, 4 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.

This is Varenius's first published work. In addition to describing Japan, as advertised in the title, Varenius also includes a Latin translation of Schouten's description of Thailand.

Copinger 4802; Willems 1095.