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Title: English, Japanesh, Small Dictionary; [Eiwa haya-gaku jibiki Binran].
Description: Tokyo, Osaka? 1872 (Meiji 5). 16x6cm publisher's wrapper with title label; illustrated title in English on red paper, 30pp accordian folding, first page printed in blue. Owner's inscriptions on the covers. A pleasing copy, a most pleasing book. ¶ Perfect for the narrowest pocket, or sleeve maybe. The explanatory Japanese with each of the 509 entries is tiny and clear. Osaka Women's University has a copy and that's all I could find anywhere. The NDL database lists it only on microfilm as part of a collection of English studies titles issued in the seventies.

Keywords: social sciences language linguistics dictionaries vocabulary c19th Japan progress trade Asia education reform meiji