Seiyō ryōri tsū 西洋料理通 Connoisseurship of Western Cuisine

by Robun 假名垣魯文 Kanagaki

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First edition

Illus. by Kyōsai Kawanabe 河鍋曉齋. Double-page frontispiece illus. printed in color & numerous other illus. some printed in color . 30 title printed on yellow paper ; 32; 26 folding leaves. Three vols. Small 8vo, orig. semi-stiff blue wrappers, title-slips on upper covers, new stitching. Tokyo & other cities: Mankyukaku 萬笈閣, 1872. First edition of this rare work; it is complete with the supplementary third volume. Finely illustrated by

• Binding: Wrappers

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