Lot 253
Africa.- Languages.- Krapf (Rev. Dr. J. Lewis) Vocabulary of Six East-African Languages, Tubingen, 1850.
Hammer Price: £1,300
Description
Africa.- Languages.- Krapf (Rev. Dr. J. Lewis) Vocabulary of Six East-African Languages, original cloth, spine worn, Tubingen, 1850; A Dictionary of the Suahili Language, engraved portrait frontispiece water-stained, modern green half morocco, gilt, 1882 § Hollis (A.C.) The Nandi, their Language and Folk-Lore, plates, heavily annotated throughout (mostly in pencil) by Scandinavian anthropologist ?Luck (according to note from Alec Abell tipped in to front endpaper) and with some pages of manuscript notes bound in, modern red morocco-backed cloth, Oxford, 1909; and 9 others on African languages, 4to and 8vo (12)
Description
Africa.- Languages.- Krapf (Rev. Dr. J. Lewis) Vocabulary of Six East-African Languages, original cloth, spine worn, Tubingen, 1850; A Dictionary of the Suahili Language, engraved portrait frontispiece water-stained, modern green half morocco, gilt, 1882 § Hollis (A.C.) The Nandi, their Language and Folk-Lore, plates, heavily annotated throughout (mostly in pencil) by Scandinavian anthropologist ?Luck (according to note from Alec Abell tipped in to front endpaper) and with some pages of manuscript notes bound in, modern red morocco-backed cloth, Oxford, 1909; and 9 others on African languages, 4to and 8vo (12)