Chomel, Noel. Algemeen huishoudelijk, natuur-, zedekundig- en konst woordenboek, vervattende veele middelen om zijn goed te vermeerderen en zijn gezondheid te behouden.Famous Dutch encyclopedic dictionary for family-use, especially in country- houses, with answers to all questions arising in dispute or in practice. The second enlarged Dutch edition. It contains ca. almost 9000 p. more than the first edition (in 2 vols.) and also 73 more plates. The so called " Grote Chomel ". ( = "Large ChomeL" ) One of the most famous Rangaku Books and an important source for the history of science and medicine in Japan. Complete copies of the "Grote Chomel " with the continuation by de Chalmot and all the 153 (and not 152 as often mentioned) engraved, folding plates are getting very scarce. 1 fine engraved frontisp. Library of Matsuura Seizan nr. 3.Dodonaeus in Japan p. 142 ef.: " When Baba Sajûrô was summed by he Bafuku to Edo in 1808, it meant that Rangaku transformed itself from a private avocation to an official position. Baba was ordered to make a world map, but in 1811 he was appointed ' official translator' ( Oranda shoseki wage goyô, commonly called honyaku kyoku) In this capacity he was commissioned with the translation of Noël Chomel's encyclopaedia, with the collaboration of ôtsuki Gentaku, Udagawa Genshin, Udagawa Yôan, and others."Dodonaeus in Japan p. 142 ef.: " When Baba Sajûrô was summed by he Bafuku to Edo in 1808, it meant that Rangaku transformed itself from a private avocation to an official position. Baba was ordered to make a world map, but in 1811 he was appointed ' official translator' ( Oranda shoseki wage goyô, commonly called honyaku kyoku) In this capacity he was commissioned with the translation of Noël Chomel's encyclopaedia, with the collaboration of ôtsuki Gentaku, Udagawa Genshin, Udagawa Yôan, and others." Rangaku. EUR 13,500.00
