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[CHINA] YANG CHI-CHOU - CHEN-CHIU TA-CH'ENG (Zhenjiu Dacheng) (The great compendium of acupuncture and moxibustion).
[10 volumes (250 x 155 mm), sewn in the Chinese style, in softcover and navy blue cloth case with clasps, printed title label.
The pagination, for which we do not guarantee the exact order of the volumes, is distributed as follows: [60, 67, 72, 62, 66, 75, 85, 50, 49, 80] pp. Numerous woodcuts in the text and 4 large plates on crepe paper (850 x 315 mm each) illustrating the points and meridians of the human body.
EXAMPLE ACCOMPANIED WITH AN AUTOGRAPHIC LETTER SIGNED BY DOM PIERRE-CÉLESTIN LOU (LOU TSENG-TSIANG), former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Prime Minister of China, converted to Catholicism and entered the Benedictine monastic order. (Cfr n° 287 of this catalogue). 1 p. in-8, paper with the letterhead of the Abbey of St. Andrew by Lophem-lez-Bruges, dated April 1, 1935. "This work called in Chinese "Tseng-Kiow-Ta-Tcheng" (also transcribed in Chinese characters) collection on acupuncture and cauterization". According to the letter left behind, it is a reprint of the 1657 edition. The first one was published in 1601. Bookplate of Dom Pierre-Célestin Lou repeated in each volume on the last page and on the back of the slipcase.
"This work, a compendium of acupuncture and moxibustion, was compiled by Yang Chi-chou (1522-1620), and first published in 1601". Our copy is accompanied by some needles, which are not part of the work. Walravens, 68-I. A copy in fine condition.
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