Illustrated Dictionary in English, German, French & Japanese by Tanaka Yoshio & Uchida Yoshikazu (Shinsai)
'Taisei Kunmo Zukai' ['Illustrated Book of Western Instruction']. Volume 1 only (of 2). Beautifully illustrated with unusually good colour woodblock images divided into the following sections: Various houses, O fa hause [sic] (Of a house), Furniture, Plate and gass [sic] (Plates and glasses), Kitchen utensils, The cellar, The stable, Instruments (Tools), Clothes, The country, Gardens.
[Tokyo]. Monbusho. 1871.
64pp. 22.4 x 15cm.
In good condition. Title slip on cover partially missing. Internally good with some minor repaired worm trails affecting mostly the margins of the first few and last few pages. Housed in modern, decorative folding case.
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