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Japanese smallpox manuscript volume, approximately 1860

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Description: Handwritten and illustrated book in Japanese on smallpox. The 29 double pages are mounted to an accordion-style book with stiff pages, and contain 27 hand-colored illustrations, many of which show the disease in three-dimension. The Kanbun text is handwritten. The book is covered in satin brocade with a paper title slip. Housed in a silk folding sleeve, also with paper title slip.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1860
Call number: mssHM 82443
Provenance: Purchased from Don Cohn Limited, June 2015.
Dimensions: 24 cm
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