Saiseihō 濟生寶 Rescuing Lives, a Treasure House

by Ryōan 寺島良安 Terajima

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

First edition

Five woodcut illus. in Vol. I & one small woodcut in Vol. 4. 23.5; 29; 43; 27.5; 39 folding leaves. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff wrappers wrappers somewhat soiled & rubbed , title-slips on upper covers, new stitching. Osaka: Tsurugaya Kyūbei 敦賀屋九兵衛, 1722. First edition and very rare; WorldCat locates only one copy, in Japan. Terajima b. 1654 , an Osaka physician, is most famous for his massive illustrated encyclopedia Wakan sansai zue

• Binding: Wrappers

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