ASTON, JAMES; TRANSLATOR-CHIBA SHIGERU - Zoka Kiron [(The Human Body)-- but actually The Male and Female Sexual organs and Gynecology]
Tokyo,, Unread, 1873, First Edition. Soft Cov., 8vo, II Vols. 96 Pp. 76 Pp, 9 Lithos W. Color. Ill.: Anon.. Very Good/No Jacket. Np.¶ First Japanese Edition. First printing in Japan of a European work wholly devoted to human reproduction. Entirely about the process of generation and childbirth. The excellent plates based on European models are hand colored lithographs as issued. Rare. The Japanese kana when enunciated are pronounced very close to "James Ashton". There was an American missionary named Ashton active in Japan at the time and in the absence of any book in English it would seem likely that he wrote a book specifically for translation into Japanese, basing his text on existing English works, and using existing plates, which were copied by the Japanese publisher. Not In G. & M. Nor is there any western author by that name who wrote a work on this subject. RLIn, OCLC, NUC, Unloc. Not in BL Japanese 1898 or 1910 or any other Western Bibliog. source. Japanese binding, 8vo, II Volumes 48 sheets, 38 sheets, Colophon, 9 Lithographs with added stencil color, l folding. Orig. wraps, Manus. title slips. One plate is repaired at fold, without loss, a few pages in Vol. I a little wormed, mostly in margins, little light stain on colophon and previous [nearly blank] Pp. OW VG..
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