Plan of Edo

By KAEMPFER, Engelbert , 1729

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Plan de Jedo

Capitale du Japon, et Residence du Monarque Seculier; copie sur l'Original Japonnois de 41/2 pieds de long et d'autant de large, qui est dans le Cabinet du Chevalier Hans Sloane.

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KAEMPFER, Engelbert
[after 1729].
Engraved plan with hand colour.
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A plan of Tokyo from a Dutch edition of Engelbert Kaempfer's travel account, with the insignia of Japanese nobles on either side. It was first translated into Dutch in 1729.

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