Kokesai kyuho Emergency remedies for the benefit of the people

by Tamba Gentoku

$5,500 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

Kyoto: n.p. , 1789-90. 3 vols. Approximately 300 double pages, including nearly 150 woodblock illustrations. Original wrappers with printed labels; interior with minor browning and occasional wormholes, otherwise a fine and complete copy preserved in a folding box. Item #3161 Probably one of the earliest illustrated accounts of Japanese medicine, compiled by the famous court physician Tamba Gentoku, also known as Taki

• Binding: Wrappers

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