{"product_id":"quan-ti-xin-lun-a-new-treatise-on-human-anatomy-1853-issue-canton-guangzhou-benjamin-hobson-and-chen-xiutang","title":"\"Quan Ti Xin Lun\" - A New treatise on Human Anatomy - 1853 issue - Canton (Guangzhou) - Benjamin Hobson and Chen Xiutang","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Quan Ti Xin Lun” - A new treatise on Human Anatomy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Canton - 1853 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Benjamin Hobson, Chen Xiutang, Gong Soucheng.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Collation: 1,2,1,1,1,1,71 (Complete). Folded anatomical plates not called for in this issue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuan Ti Xin Lun is regarded as a landmark publication in Chinese medical history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCompiled by Dr Benjamin Hobson and Chen Xiutang, the anatomical work reconciled Chinese views of “Qi” with modern Western Science. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBenjamin Hobson (1816–1873) was a London Missionary Society physician whose medical writings played a central role in introducing Western anatomy and medicine to Qing China.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe work included Illustrations which were commissioned to demonstrate anatomy and challenge traditional Chinese views of the body. The book was first Printed in 1851 at the “Kum-le-fau” hospital in the Xiguan district of Canton (Guangzhou), and sponsored by the London Missionary Society. Documents record 1200 copies of the first edition were printed at a cost of 176 silver dollars.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn introductory page states that this edition was published in Autumn, the 8th Month of the 3rd year of Xianfeng i.e. August 1853.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1853 edition represents an early Canton reissue of Hobson’s seminal anatomical treatise. The colophon records its publication at the Hui’ai Medical Hall (惠愛醫局) at Jinli Port, Guangzhou, and includes a respectful endorsement by Gong Shouchen at the Guangdong Provincial Offices. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1853 issue demonstrates continued demand and sustained block use. The plates show signs of wear consistent with reuse from the earlier impression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTrue first editions of this work are rare and I can only find 11 copies of the work in Worldcat. This later second edition is noted in one institution (Melbourne University) on Worldcat, although I imagine some have been miscatalogued as 1851 editions as stated on the title page.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Bry Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56632237523322,"sku":null,"price":2250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0624\/2969\/2075\/files\/IMG_80132.heic?v=1772249420","url":"https:\/\/debryrarebooks.com\/products\/quan-ti-xin-lun-a-new-treatise-on-human-anatomy-1853-issue-canton-guangzhou-benjamin-hobson-and-chen-xiutang","provider":"De Bry Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}