WARE, James R. (translation)

Alchemy, Medicine, Religion in the China of A.D. 320: The Nei P'ien of Ko Hung (Pao-p'u tzu)

Cambridge, MA: The M.I.T. Press, 1966. First Edition. Octavo (24cm); purple cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xvi,388,[4]pp. Light wear to extremities, else Fine in a Very Good dustjacket, unclipped, lightly shelfworn, with some scattered foxing and dustiness, several short tears, and a small loss at lower front flap fold.

"Never before published in any Western language except in fragments, this classical work of Chinese mysticism is a fundamental - and fascinating - source for the study of Taoism ("Deism") as belief and as practice" (from front flap).

Price: $65.00

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