Author: VERNE, Jules and Inoue Tsutomu.
Title: [Gakujutsu myoyo : Zobutsusha kyogaku shiken].
Description: Tokyo, Kochisha 1887 (Meiji 20). 18x12cm, publisher's cloth backed colour illustrated boards; [6],142pp, four litho plates. A touch of surface nibbling to the front edge of the front cover, some natural browning of the paper; an outstanding, obviously unread copy. ¶ First edition. A translation from Dr. Ox's Experiment - the English version of Fantaisie du Docteur Ox. Inoue was a busy translator with a specialty in Jules Verne and I wonder how he handled Verne's extended mockery of the Flemish. Not that the Japanese haven't mastered regional insult, but how aware was he that this is pretty much the whole novel? Did he give his characters a Kansai accent?

Keywords: literature science fiction thrillers c19th Japan France meiji