Seikotsuhan 正骨範 Models of Orthopedic Manipulation

by Ken 二宮獻 Ninomiya, or Genka 彦可 or Hikoyoshi

$9,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

Many fine full-page woodcut illus. 46; 59 folding leaves. 8vo, orig. yellow wrappers wrappers a little soiled , orig. woodblock title-slips on upper covers labels a little soiled , new stitching. Kyoto, Osaka, & Edo: 1808. First edition of one of the three most important Japanese works on orthopedic medicine. The book is based on Chinese medical science, most notably the Sheng ji zong lu 聖濟總錄, written in the 11th century, and the Yi

• Binding: Wrappers

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