Amoenitatum exoticarum politico-physico-medicarum fasciculi V,. quibus continentur variae relationes, observationes & descriptiones rerum Persicarum & ulterioris Asiae, multâ attentione, in peregrinationibus per universum Orientum, collectae,
Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716)
Category
Books
Date
1712
Materials
Place of origin
Lemgo
Collection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3173037
Summary
Bibliographic description
[20],912,[30]p., folded plates. ill... 4to. Provenance: Gilt-stamped ducal coronet on spine above a swash D, with smaller initials WS [i.e. William Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858)] Binding: eighteenth-century full sheep; marbled endpapers; all edges sprinkled red; rebacked in nineteenth century: 5 raised bands, Gilt-stamped ducal coronet on spine above a swash D, with smaller initials WS, gilt-lettered on label 'Kaempseri Amoenitat Persica'
Makers and roles
Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716)