Fusokoku daiissan-Yosan Hiroku [On Silk-Production]

£2,500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books · No longer available

Rare Japanese Treatise on Silk Manufacturing Illustrated treatise on the rearing of silkworms and the manufacturing of silk. The work traces the history of silk-production to its Chinese origin followed by a step by step account of the manufacturing process. First edition. 3 volumes, complete, numerous woodcut illustrations throughout, Fukuruto-ji, original covers, slightly worn, with printed title-slips, partly lacking, new stitching, occasional finger-marking, some staining to vol. 2, but generally in good condition, rare. Kerlen 1885.

• Binding: Hardcover

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