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San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Black print, though return marks (i.e. kaeriten 返り点), kana (i.e. okurigana 送り仮名), and other grammatical symbols written in red ink; no illustrations in main text; a bit wormed. The ink on gold illustrations on inside covers appear to have been added at a later date.
mssHM 81216
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Manuscripts
Inside placard states that the manuscript has no known author, translator or original title, but was written sometime during the Bunka era (1804-1817); no illustrations; wormed; title on box reads: "Oils and Fats"; listed on the Burndy list as "Dutch Secret Process for Preparation of Oils and Fats"
mssHM 81223
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Collection of recipes of Dutch medicine; instructions for the making of 茨花油, 野菊花油, 蚯蚓之油, etc.; a bit wormed; some illustrations; addenda; several color illustrations of stills, retints[?], etc.
mssHM 81212
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Japanese manuscript on local dams, dikes, and bridges; engineering schematics and explanations/instructions of architecture; originally part of the Tonegawa [利根川] collection [蔵書]; a bit wormed; some illustrations; mostly in black with a blue wash; some in red and black; boxed
mssHM 81217
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Illustrations (e.g. helmets, chestplates, etc.) included in later sections of manuscript; no author, publication details, or date included; begins with the Myōchin family tradition 明珍家傅; written in black ink, grammatical markers and edits made in red ink.
mssHM 81206
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6 vols.; v. 5-6 missing titles on cover while v. 1 has incorrect cover title (e.g., "v.6"). Some topics covered: 養兵学, 練兵学, 製器学; wormed; listed on Burndy inventory as "Heigaku Shoshiki (Notes on Military Studies - Dutch Artillery)".
mssHM 81214