Kōeki kokusankō 広益国産考 Essay on Furthering the Nation’s Industries

by Nagatsune 大蔵永常 ŌKura

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First edition

Many full-page & double woodcut illus. Eight vols. 8vo, orig. blue patterned wrappers somewhat discolored , orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, new stitching. Osaka, Kyoto, Edo: Kawachiya Mohei et al., 1859. First edition of a very scarce book, completed in 1844 but published 15 years later. This work is a summary of the author’s agricultural and technological writings over a 55-year period. Ōkura 大蔵 1768-1856? , was one of the

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