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20 POSTCARDS OF KAMAKURA

*NEW*: 2025 ANTIQUES: CHINESE ARTS AUCTION RECORDS 2024.1.1-2024.12.31
2025 Gudong Paimai Nianjian 2025 古董拍賣年鑑.

Abe, Stanley:
- ORDINARY IMAGES

AN ACCOUNT OF TWO VOYAGES - BACKHOFF AND WAGENER

Acharya, Sanjay:
- BHUTAN

Adams, Edward B:
- ART TREASURES OF SEOUL

Alexander, William & Mason, George:
- VIEWS OF 18TH CENTURY CHINA: COSTUMES, HISTORY, CUSTOMS

Allen, H. M. ed:
- LETTERS OF P. S. ALLEN

Andrews, F. H:
- WALL PAINTINGS FROM ANCIENT SHRINES IN CENTRAL ASIA

ANNINGHE LIUYU DA SHI MU
(Remains of Large Stone Tombs Found on the Anning River) 安寧河流域大石窟.

Yuhas, Louise ed:
- ARS ORIENTALIS VOLUME 25

ARS ORIENTALIS VOLUME 33

Asahi Shimbun ed:
- THIS IS JAPAN - NUMBER SIX
- THIS IS JAPAN - NUMBER NINE
- THIS IS JAPAN - NUMBER TEN - TENTH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL ISSUE
- THIS IS JAPAN 1965 - NUMBER 12
- THIS IS JAPAN - NUMBER 13
- THIS IS JAPAN - NUMBER 16

Asian Art Museum:
- 5,000 YEARS OF KOREAN ART

THE ASIATIC JOURNAL AND MONTHLY MISCELLANY VOL II: THIRD SERIES

TAKBS1
Takebe Seian: BI KO SOMOKU ZU. (Illustrations of Plants Used in Famine Relief). 避荒草木圖 。建部清庵 著. N.p., 1833. Volume One: Title page on inside front cover, 3,2,3,3, 3, 2 folded leaves of prefaces etc. plus 23 folded leaves of full page b/w woodblock illustrations; Volume Two: 2 folded leaves preface plus 33 folded leaves full page b/w woodblock illustrations, 2 final folded leaves of postscript. 2 vols. 26x18 cm. Stitched.
GBP 500.00
First edition. Complete in two volumes. The work was initiated due to famine in Japan in the 1750s and finalized in 1771 but not published until much later in 1833. Its intent was to inform the populace as to numerous plants which were edible (and which were not!) in times of starvation. Illustrations by Kitago Shomei. Takebe Seian (1712-1782) was apparently from a medical family serving the then-rulers of Japan. All text in Japanese. Scarce.
  Conforms exactly to the description in Kerlen. Tempyo reign and cyclical date on title page which equates to 1833. From the library of Prof. William Watson.
  See: Kerlen item 69 on p.31. Bartlett p.414.
  Marks, abrasion and waterstaining to covers. Marks and wear throughout both volumes, but the full page black-and-white woodblock illustrations in decent condition. Priced accordingly.
 
Subjects: Rare Books Illustrated Books
Item 118 in List 214.
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