Kikai Kanran Kôgi [A broad View on the World’s Spirits].

5 vol., 15 parts, between 62 and 83 double folding leaves per vol., 21 pp. with illustrations.

Four-hole binding, modern cloth folder. Good condition.

Vol. 4 from a different edition with brighter cover and pages. Physics book, translated by Kawamoto Kômin (1810-1871) who was a scholar of Rangaku (Dutch studies). Enlarged edition of "Kikai Kanrei" (translated by Aochi Rinsô, 1825), based on Dutch works like "Natuurkundig Schoolboek" by Johannes Buys etc. The content is mainly physics, with other general remarks on science, mechanics, chemistry, thermology, electrical engineering, optics; the theory of celestial bodies and tides is also detailed.