Honzō zufu 本草圖譜 [Illustrated Materia Medica].
Several thousand double-page & full-page color-printed woodcuts, many with embossing. 95 vols. 8vo (256 x 174 mm.), orig. tan patterned semi-stiff wrappers, orig. title slips on upper covers, orig. stitching (occasional stitching a little loose). Tokyo: Honzō Zufu Kankōkai 本草圖譜刋行會, 1916-22.
The definitive and complete edition of the “the greatest illustrated botanical work of nineteenth century Japan…This monumental work, the Honzō zufu, briefly describes and splendidly illustrates in full color some 2,000 plants. It is considered to be one of the two most important works on systematic botany in the Tokugawa period (1603-1867).”–Richard C. Rudolph, “Illustrations from Weinmann’s... More