Author: MATSUOKA, SAIKIYO:
Title: Waei Tsugo Phrases in English and Japanese, Elementary for the Children. Tokyo, Komondo, Meiji 5 (1872-73).
Description: . Pp. (9) comprising title, preliminaries and colophon in Japanese, and title in English. Followed by 85 leaves of text in English and Japanese including Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana characters. Leaves folded in the oriental fashion. Original Japanese wrappers, worn. With red Asian stamps on title. Partly with some minor wormholes, mainly in upper margin. First edition of an early comprehensive primer. Comprises a vocabulary accompanied with phrases using the listed words. See: Osaka Joshi Daigaiku Library, Selected Catalogue on Dutch and English Studies (1991), no. C27 (another (smaller) issue with different pagination). 

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