Manbō ryōri himitsubako 万寶料理秘密箱 A Secret Box of Ten Thousand Culinary Treasures

by KidodŌ 器土堂

$6,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Several woodcut illus. in the text. 20.5; 30; 30.5; 26; 33.5 folding leaves. Five vols. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff embossed wrappers, orig. title-slips on upper covers, new stitching. Osaka, Kyoto, & Edo: various dates including 1795 & 1819. A later edition 1st eds.: 1785-1800 of this comprehensive cookbook of Japanese cuisine by the most important recipe author of the late 18th century. “Little is known about this mysterious author. Kidodō may have worked

• Binding: Wrappers

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