Gyuto Hatsumo Cowpox Basics Or Into Yoryaku Kai Essential Summary Of Vaccination With

by Wa Kuwata Ryusai

$4,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

First edition

Woodcut frontis. depicting Hososhin, the “smallpox god,” printed in red. 24.5 folding leaves. 8vo, orig. orange semi-stiff wrappers, orig. block-printed title label on upper cover label rubbed , new stitching. Edo : Preface dated 1849. First edition of Kuwata’s most important book. Kuwata 1811-68 , an Edo pediatrician, was one of the earliest Japanese doctors to introduce and popularize Western smallpox vaccination in Japan. He learned of the

• Binding: Wrappers

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