Honzō zufu 本草圖譜 Illustrated Materia Medica

by Kan’en 岩崎灌園 Iwasaki, or Tsunemasa or Genzo

$37,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

1916-22. Several thousand double-page & full-page color-printed woodcuts, many with embossing. 95 vols. 8vo 256 x 174 mm. , orig. tan patterned semi-stiff wrappers, orig. title slips on upper covers, orig. stitching occasional stitching a little loose . Tokyo: Honzō Zufu Kankōkai 本草圖譜刋行會, 1916-22. The definitive and complete edition of the “the greatest illustrated botanical work of nineteenth century Japan…This monumental work,

• Binding: Wrappers

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