Outlines of the Modern Education In Japan
Tokyo, Japan: Department of Education, 1893. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hardcover in grey cloth lettered in gilt. Translated into English and published by the Tokto Department of Education. 217 pp. plus final leaf in printed in Japanese. Extremely scarce in this original ediiton. Covers quite soiled but gilt title lettering still very clear. Overview of the modern era education system in Japan as it was at the end of the 19th century. Includes sections on elementary schools, norman schools, middle schools, university, special schools, female schools,schools for the blind and "dumb", kindergartens, libraries and educational museums, teachers, degrees, textbooks, Japanese students in foreign countries, etc. With charts and statistical information as well. Tight in its binding but with cloth soiled and with rubbing to the extremities. Presentation isncription on front free endpaper "Presented to Miss Marguerite ___(?)/ Y. Yambi" and with additional inscription in Japanese. Good. Item #GE15319
Price: $395.00