Research Catalog

Title

Wit and wisdom from West Africa, or, A book of proverbial philosophy, idioms, enigmas, and laconisms / compiled by Richard F. Burton, (late) H.M.'s consul for the Bight of Biafra and Fernando Po, author of "A mission to Dahomey," "A pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah," &c.

Author

Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890.

Publication

London : Tinsley Brothers, 18, Catherine St., Strand, 1865.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bradbury & Evans, printer.
• Tinsley Brothers, publisher.

Description

[9], xii-xxx, [2], 455, [1] p.; 21 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative Title

• Wit and wisdom from West Africa
• Book of proverbial philosophy, idioms, enigmas, and laconisms

Subject

Proverbs, African

Genre/Form

Inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• With a half-title.
• "London: Bradbury and Evans, printers, Whitefriars."--printer statement, verso of title page; also on colophon: "Bradbury and Evans, printers, Whitefriars."
• Last page blank.
• Proverbs in the various native languages with English translations.

Indexed In (note)

• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)

Provenance (note)

• inscribed: in ink on verso of half-title page "A. Schomburg." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

1. Proverbs in the Wolof tongue -- 2. Proverbs in the Kanuri tongue -- 3. Proverbs in the Oji tongue -- 4. Proverbs in the Ga or Accra language -- 5. Proverbs n the Yoruba language -- 6. Proverbs in the Efik, or old Calabar language ; Varia variorum -- 7. Proverbial sayings and idioms in the Mpangwe (Fan) tongue -- Miscellaneous phrases and expressions.

Call Number

Sc Rare 398.9-B (Burton, R. F. Wit and wisdom from West Africa)

LCCN

13033689

OCLC

• 4651217
• NYPGR4651217-B

Author

Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890.

Title

Wit and wisdom from West Africa, or, A book of proverbial philosophy, idioms, enigmas, and laconisms / compiled by Richard F. Burton, (late) H.M.'s consul for the Bight of Biafra and Fernando Po, author of "A mission to Dahomey," "A pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah," &c.

Imprint

London : Tinsley Brothers, 18, Catherine St., Strand, 1865.

Indexed In:

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), Suppl. 312

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 398.9-B (accession no. B520679) inscribed: in ink on verso of half-title page "A. Schomburg." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added Author

Bradbury & Evans, printer.

Tinsley Brothers, publisher.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner, inscriber.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 398.9-B (Burton, R. F. Wit and wisdom from West Africa)