San’iku zensho 産育全書 Complete Book on Obstetrics

by Sansetsu 水原三折 Mizuhara

$8,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

First edition

Numerous woodcut illus. in the text. 12 vols. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff wrappers wrappers a little soiled , orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, new stitching. Kyoto, Edo, Osaka & Nagoya: various publishers, 1850. First edition and a complete set of this finely illustrated book, the most comprehensive work on obstetrics published in Japan before the arrival of Admiral Perry and Western influences. “In 1850 Sansetsu or Gihaku Mizuhara

• Binding: Wrappers

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