Wit and Wisdom from West Africa; Or, a Book of Proverbial Philosophy, Idioms, Enigmas, and Laconisms
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First edition
Hardcover, London: Tinsley Brothers, 1865. First Edition. Very Good-. Burton was British Consul for the Bight of Biafra and Fernando Po and compiled this book of sayings from the West African Wolof, Oji, Kanuri, Accra, Yoruba, Efik, and Mpangwe languages. This book is bound in half leather and pebbled cloth with marbled endpapers and gilded top page edges. The binding is circa 1900. According to
- Binding: Leather
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