Shinpen meihō ruitō isho taizen 新編名方類證醫書大全 C. Yi shu da quan 醫書大全; Comprehensive Compendium of Medical Writings

by Zongli 熊宗立 Xiong

$125,000 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

First edition

23; 49; 54; 62; 62 of 64, lacking two leaves ; 36; 46; 53; 59 folding leaves. Nine vols. 8vo 271 x 175 mm. , modern wrappers, new stitching. Sakai? : Privately Printed for Asaino Sōzui 阿佐井野宗瑞, dated 1528 in Postscript. First edition, privately published, of the first medical book to be printed in Japan. This is the best-known work of the sakaiban 堺版 editions, whose appearance in the port city of Sakai just south of Osaka

• Binding: Wrappers

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