- EARLIEST JAPANESE BOOK ON WESTERN ACCOUNTING,
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signed and dated "AF Tait N A 1867" lower right
oil on board, 10 by 14 in.
signed and dated on back
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numbered, titled, signed, and inscribed on back
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