Shinpen Haiin Zoko Jirui Shizoku Taizen Ch Xin Bian Pai Yun Zeng Guang Shi Lei Shi Zu Da Quan Great

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1619. 73; 67; 57; 70; 69; 56; 52; 74; 73 folding leaves. Ten juan in nine vols. Large 8vo, orig. wrappers, new stitching. Japan : from final leaf of final volume in trans. : “ninth month September 1619.” First movable type edition printed in Japan, and a very rare book; there is apparently no copy in WorldCat. There is an example in the National Diet Library. The book is of unknown authorship, but both its contents and the extant

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