Melaviglia Series, First Edition, Castelfilia, The Room of the Grotesque, Opening the Body of Edo

**Melaviria Series, Published by Sakuhinsha, First Edition**

The cover has some minor damage, but the contents are in excellent condition.

**[Melaviria Series Vol. 1]** …………………………………………………………………
Castelophilia: Memory, Architecture, Piranesi
By Hiroshi Takayama
A5 size, hardcover, 4 pages of color illustrations / 292 pages
ISBN 4-87893-751-3 Published May 1996, Sakuhinsha
**[Contents]**
There is a peculiar genre that solely builds structures "on paper."
This book explores the ultimate modern "fantasy" of choosing "architecture" as a form of construction.

**[Melaviria Series Vol. 2]** ……………………………………………………………………………………
The Room of the Grotesque: The Analogy of Artificial Caves and Studies
By Kenji Hara
A5 size, hardcover, 8 pages of color illustrations / 265 pages
ISBN 4-87893-752-1 Published May 1996, Sakuhinsha
**[Contents]**
Artificial grottoes, an essential element of Renaissance magical gardens. This is the first comprehensive study of grottoes, delving into spaces that embrace monsters, machines, and music.

**[Melaviria Series Vol. 3]** ……………………………………………………………………………………
Opening the Body of Edo
By Timon Screech, Translated by Hiroshi Takayama
46 size, hardcover
ISBN 4-87893-753-X Published March 1997, Sakuhinsha
**[Contents]**
"Dissection = Examining the human body by cutting it open" was proclaimed loudly when "Kaitai Shinsho" (A New Book of Anatomy) was published. Ran-i (Dutch-style physicians) were, in essence, "cutting doctors," and the people of Edo did not hide their splatter-horror-like curiosity and fear towards these "cutting doctors" who dissected corpses and cut living humans. This book explores the encounter between Japanese knowledge that seeks to grasp "being alive as a whole" and European modern knowledge that seeks to "cut open and expose the inside, illuminating it thoroughly." A cutting-edge study of Edo culture from the perspective of "dissection."

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