Zōkakiron 造化機論 [The Book of Nature]
Frontis. & eight finely colored lithographed plates (one folding). 49; 38 folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers (covers with the slightest worming), orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, new stitching. Yokohama: Bararo, 1875.
First edition in Japanese of this classic book on sex, reproduction, and contraception. It was the first book based on Western medicine devoted to these subjects to be published in Japan. Enormously popular, it went through many later editions and imitators.
First published in New York in 1859, The Book of Nature; Containing Information for Young People Who Are Thinking of Getting Married offered succinct... More