Japanese-English Trader's Dictionary with Illustrations (1873)

Hashizume, Kanichi (Japan, - - 1884), Zokuzoku Sekai Shobai Orai. Rare woodblock-printed English-Japanese trader's dictionary [Tokyo, 1873], containing explanations of a wide range of terms, place names, goods, quantities, professions etc. 52pages/26 double folding leaves including superb double page illustration of foreign traders with cargo at Yokohama, as well as prints of foreign goods, technology, flags, weights and measures, calculator tables etc. 18 x 12 cm overall. Original cover and title label, contents complete with fine impressions, a good copy.