J. A. HOULDER, M. H. NOYER (Trad.)
Ohabolana ou proverbes malgaches montrant l'Esprit et la Sagesse populaires des Hovas de Madagascar.Ohabolana or Malagasy proverbs, illustrating the wit and wisdom of the Hova of Madagascar. Collected, translated, and arranged by the rev. J. A. Houlder, for twenty-four years a missionary of the L. M. S. In Madagascar, together with numerous explanatory notes. With translations into french by monsieur Henri Noyer […] Part I., including 1236 proverbs
James Sibree • Imprimerie F. F. M. A|Tananarive [Antananarivo [Antananarivo]] 1915|14 x 22 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur
First edition in book form of the first part (the second did not appear until 1916), comprising 1,080 proverbs, together with 100 Betsimisaraka proverbs collected by Joël Laimijay and translated only into Hova; the work had previously appeared in a periodical.
Cf. Grandidier II, 10,041.
Publisher's half cherry-red pebble-grain cloth binding, smooth spine ruled in gilt, a few small stains to spine, boards covered in embossed violet cloth, corners rubbed, speckled edges.
The complete work was reissued in 1929-1930, 1957 and 1960. Hugues Berthier's copy (1869-1958), chief colonial administrator, with his ink stamp. Berthier served as Secretary-General of the...
€750