[Title in Japanese.] The elementary spelling book

Book Description

Osaka: Meji 2. 1869. First edition, oblong 12mo approx 3º x 7" (8 x 18 cm), [118] pages printed and sewn in the Japanese manner, front pastedown with a woodblock illustration on blue paper of 6 young students seated around a teacher, occasional neat annotations in red ink; old paper wrappers with printed paper label on upper cover, covers with old manuscript annotations; a good copy, or better. Japanese version of Webster's Elementery Spelling Book, adapted and translated by Eisuke Shinakawa. Osaka Joshi Daigaiku Library, Selected Catalogue on Dutch and English Studies, C-18

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