Title: Ensei Meii Hyuherando Satsubyō Kikan (The Mirror of the Disease), 1857. First Japanese Translation of Hufeland’s Dutch Medical Text Enchiridion Medicum, First Volume of Three
Author: Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland; Translated by Aoki Kōsai
Publisher: Ōsaka
Condition: Very Good
A late Edo Period, first edition of Kosai’s Satsubyo Kikan, also known as the Mirror of the Disease, being the first Japanese Translation of Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland’s Dutch Medical text, the Enchiridion Medicum. This is the first volume of three.
One volume in quarto (25 x 17.5 cm), 28 leaves
This volume is in very good shape, with minor rubbing and wear to the binding, the original title label somewhat worn away at the top. There is very little foxing or staining throughout.