Four anatomical diagrams & two text illus. in Vol. I and many fine & large color paintings & diagrams in Vol. II. 47; 42 folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo (268 x 194 mm.), orig. patterned semi-stiff wrappers, new stitching. [Japan]: from colophon leaf in Vol. II (in trans.): “Selected by Mori Masayuki 森正幸, age 66, April 1856 [with his two seals]; artist Eishō 栄秋 [artist name Chōkosai 鳥呼斎 given on final leaf of text in Vol. II], age 66, copied” [with his two seals].

These two finely illustrated volumes describe the art of falconry and the medical treatment of falcons... More

One finely hand-colored port. of the author & many full-page woodcuts (mostly hand-colored, one extending to three pages). 14 vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. block-printed title slips, new stitching. [Mito]: Jijuntei zo 自準亭藏, 1864 (verso of title); (from colophon in final vol.): Edo, Kyoto, & Osaka, Postscript in 14th vol. dated 1867.

First edition. Honma (1804-72), a member of a distinguished family of physicians, studied under Phillip Franz von Siebold, who had brought many printed Western works on medicine and surgery to Japan. Honma also learned anesthesia from Seishu Hanaoka, the first Japanese physician to master this specialty. In Nagasaki... More

14 full-page woodcuts. 50; 44.5 folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff patterned wrappers, title-slips on upper covers, new stitching. Kyoto & other cities: Hayashi Yoshibei 林芳兵衛 et al., 1850.

First edition and rare; we find no copy outside of Japan. Published posthumously by disciples of Wada (1744-1803), who was the physician to a number of aristocrats. His teacher was Yoshimasu Tōdō 吉益東洞 (1702-73), head of the Yoshimasu school of surgery, one of the institutes most closely aligned with Dutch influences after their first contacts in about 1600. Tōdō is considered to be the most innovative and influential figure in... More

Woodblock-printed. Numerous full-page & double-page woodcuts. [1], 2, 4, 31, [4], 46; 46, [2], 40; 50, [3], 47; 17, 1, 32, [3], 33 folding leaves. Nine juan in four vols. 8vo (150 x 235 mm.), old wrappers with handwritten titles & juan number on upper covers, old stitching. Shanghai: Saoye shanfang, 1885.

First Saoye shanfang edition. Generously illustrated with hundreds of woodcuts, Yuan and Heng’s Collection is the most popular and influential work of Chinese veterinary medicine, covering all aspects of equestrian medicine as well as the diagnosis and treatment of cattle and camels. First published in 1608, the work... More