Seigaku Shoho - Illustrated book on Astronomy by Oya Heijiro
[Japan] Large format, colour, woodblock printed book illustrating various aspects of the planets and moon. This is one of the earliest such books published in Japan with the illustrations having English titles. There was a smaller book in Japanese published with this book that describes in more detail the illustrations but that book is not present in this case. The illustrations are numbered from 2 to 11 but the book appears to be complete.
[Kanazawa]. Kanazawa Gakko.1871.
14 leaves. 27.4 x 19.2cm.
In good to very good condition. Some wear and creasing to covers. Title slip on front cover no longer present. Internally very good with some age wear. A few marks and an old stain affecting top margin of most pages. In recent folding case. b37071921
