3884 - 4098: (Siegenbeek, M.).

84/4054 (Siegenbeek, M.). Grammatica of Nederduitsche spraakkunst, uitgegeven door de Maatschappij tot nut van 't Algemeen. Oranda Bunten Zenpen (Dutch grammar, first vol.)./ Syntaxis of woordvoeging der Nederduitsche taal, uitgegeven door (...). Oranda bunten Kôhen. Seikuron (Dutch Grammar, final vol. Theory of sentence forming). Leyden etc./ Edo, D. Du Mortier en Zoon etc./ Mitsukuri of Sakushu, (vol. 1) 1857 (Ansei 4)/ (vol.2) 1848 (Ka'ei 1), 3rd Japanese ed. of 2nd Dutch ed. (vol.1), 2 vols., (124); (100)p. (incl. inside of wrappers), 1 woodcut ill. of a classroom (printed on reddish paper), entirely woodcut Dutch text, bound as a blockbook in orig. unif. cordbound wr. w. mounted woodcut hashira title-piece.

- Wormholed; rubbed wr.; sl. soiled; vol.1 decreasing stain in upper margin; title pages w. ownership seal of Sogo library (Waseda University).

= Very rare Japanese grammar, first published by Suwaraya Ihachi for the Japanese market and intended to further the knowledge and understanding of the Dutch language, which provided the Japanese with the possibility to gain knowledge of western (medical) sciences and to communicate with Dutch officials. The importance of the Dutch language in Japan, however, declined after 1854 and by 1870 Dutch was hardly used by anyone in Japan, English having become the lingua franca. Kerlen 1270; Hoffmann, Aanhangsel no.1. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LV.

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