EXOTIC PLEASANTRIES original: "Amoenitatum Exoticarum." The title suggests a collection of "delights" or "rarities" gathered from foreign lands, a common phrasing for scientific and cultural compendiums of this era.

FASCICLE I Fascicle: a bundle or installment of a larger printed work.

ACCOUNTS original: "Relationes"

THE CURRENT STATE OF THE PERSIAN COURT. The "Persian Court" (original: "Aulæ Persicæ") refers to the administrative and royal heart of the Safavid Empire, which Kaempfer visited in the late 17th century.