Catalogue of Publications for Public Utility

by Koeki Shojaku Mokuroku Taizen 広益書籍目録大全

$6,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

68; 68; 75; 80; 66 folding leaves. Five vols. Oblong 8vo, orig. wrappers rather tired & rubbed , orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, new stitching. Kyoto: Yao Ichibei, 1692. An early bibliography of Japanese printed books; essentially a Books in Print, it was the principal guide to the subject for two centuries. “By the middle of the seventeenth century the flood of publications was so great that there was a perceived need for

• Binding: Wrappers

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