SCIENCE AND CIVILIZATION IN CHINA. Four volumes.

UK: Cambridge University Press, 1974-83. FIRST EDITIONS. Slight wear to the dust jackets, now under Mylar; quarter bound in premium cloth and pictorial boards; A FINE SET [four volumes, 2200+ pages] selected from Needham's monumental series, because these are the specific volumes related to Chinese alchemy and Taoist magic and immortality. The most comprehensive work on the history, theory and practice from that part of the world of these arts ever produced. Part 5: II; 510 pages, 42 illustrations, and 12 table. Part 5: III; 481 pages, 32 illustrations, and 8 tables; Part 5: IV; 772 pages, 164 illustrations, and 7 tables; and Part 5: V; 574 pages, 93 illustrations, and 6 tables. Small quartos. Item #17040

Price: $575.00