| Family Name: | Scheuchzer | ||||||||||||||
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| First Name: | Johann | ||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | Sun, Jan 22, 1702 | ||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Zurich, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Death Date: | Sun, Apr 17, 1729 | ||||||||||||||
| Death Place: | London, England | ||||||||||||||
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Translations
Other Works
Translations
| Original Title | Translation title | Author |
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| Beschreibung Japans |
The History of Japan
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Engelbert Kaempfer |
Other works
| Title | Publication Year | Publisher | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| An account of the success of inoculating the small-pox in Great Britain, for the years 1727 and 1728. With a comparison between the mortality of the natural small-pox, and the miscarriages in that practice; as also some general remarks onits progress and success, since its first introduction. To which are subjoined, I. An account of the success of inoculation in foreign parts. II. A relation of the like method of giving the small-pox, as it is practised in the kingdoms of Tunis, Tripoli, and Algier | 1729 | J. Peele |
translations activities
He translated Engelbert Kaempfer’s manuscript history and description of Japan into English.
secondary bibliography references
Wolfgang Michel, 'Johann Caspar Scheuchzer (1702 - 1729) und die Herausgabe der History of Japan', Asiatische Studien/Études Asiatiques LXIV/1 (2010), pp. 101-138.
Beatrice Bodart Bailey, 'Kaempfer Restor’d', Monumenta Nipponica, 43/1 (1988), pp. 1-33.
Translations
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Beschreibung Japans
- Translation Title: The History of Japan
- Original Author: Engelbert Kaempfer
- Original title: Beschreibung Japans
- lang: German
- Translation: The History of Japan
- Publisher: Printed for the Translator
- Pub. Place: London
- Pub. Date: 1725
- Lang: English
By:
- Ariane Fichtl