Item De Japoniorum Religione & Siamensium, De Diversis omnium Gentium Religionibus, Quibus, praemisa Dissertatione de variis Rerum publicarum generibus, adduntur quaedam de Priscorum Sfrorum side excerpta ex Leone Africano, CANTABRIGIA, Ex Officina Joan. Hayes, celebrerrimae Academiae Typographi, 1673.

[EN] In 8º (18,5 x 12 cm). [12], 292 pps. Title page printed in red and black.

Binding: Contemporary full calf. A bit worn out.

This work of the German geographer Varenius, Descriptio regni Japoniae (originally printed in 1649), is a compilation of information about Japan based on the chronicles by Arab and Dutch travellers.

This edition includes the translation to Latin by Varenius of the Description of the Reign of Siam by Willem Cornelisz Schouten, Dutch navigator for the Dutch East India Company. It also includes an account of Japanese religious practices and the introduction of Christianity.