Furansu keihohei teishiki Light Infantry in the French Style

by Ryosuke Tanabe, trans., or Yoshisuke

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First edition

28 folding engraved plates. 74; 86; 60; 35 folding leaves. Four vols. Oblong 8vo, orig. patterned wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, new stitching. Tokyo: Government Publication issued under the Author’s name Yosoda Masayoshi, a pen name for Tanabe , 1869. First edition in Japanese, translated from an unidentified French text, which, according to the Preface, was issued in 1863, with a sequel in 1867. Tanabe also states

• Binding: Wrappers

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