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 ...
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1865. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, original publisher's dark red cloth with gold lettering & thin rules on spine, xxx, [xxxi-xxxii] + 455 pages. SCARCE Burton extravaganza about the wonderfully rich, nuanced, and wise sayings of West Africans. The book is yet another flourish of Burton's linguistic and..... More