Baryō benkai 馬療辨解 Horse Medicine Explained

by Jisanshi 似山子

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

37 woodcut illus. & several woodcut diagrams. 165.5 folding leaves. Five parts in one vol. Oblong 18mo, orig. semi-stiff wrappers worn , new stitching. Osaka: Honya Shinemon 本屋新右衛門, 1759. An early Japanese edition of one of the first Chinese collections of texts on horse medicine. Our book stems from a “late 14th-century compilation which does contain genuine works from earlier times. This is the Simu anji ji Collections for

• Binding: Wrappers

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