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Description : BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir (1821-1890). Wit and Wisdom from West Africa, or, A Book of Proverbial Philosophy, Idioms, Enigmas, and Laconisms. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1865. 8vo (198 x 129 mm). Half-title. (A few short marginal tears with old cellotape repairs, slight toning and staining.) Original red cloth decorated in blind, spine gilt-lettered and decorated (rebacked preserving original spine, spine sunned, some soiling, slight wear to extremities). Provenance: W.H. Smith & Son Library (embossed stamp), The University of Minnesota Library (bookplate, embossed stamp, shelf-marks, withdrawn stamps). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of Burton’s first published translations. Already fluent in 29 languages and nearly a dozen more dialects by the time Wit and Wisdom was published in 1869, Burton used material from 7 different West African languages which had previously only been communicated orally. Penzer p. 75-76, Spink 36 (“most rare”). Property from the Collection of Robert S. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio
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