Lieutenant ROTTIER
[MANUSCRIT] Manuel pratique de Langue Bambara à l'usage des Officiers et Sous-Officiers des Troupes Sénégalaises par le Lieutenant Rottier de L'infanterie Coloniale[[MANUSCRIPT] Practical Manual of the Bambara Language for the Use of Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers of the Senegalese Troops by Lieutenant Rottier of the Colonial Infantry]
s. l. Juillet 1914|17 x 21.50 cm|(9 p.) 140 pages manuscrites dans un cahier
Rare unpublished manuscript consisting of a French–Bambara lexicon intended for the use of Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers of the Senegalese Troops, written by Lieutenant Rottier.
9 pages of handwritten introduction and 140 numbered pages penned in black ink in a lined notebook bound in half black cloth with green paper boards. With erasures and corrections, as well as a useful table of contents at the end.
A fine and early testimony to the interest of a French officer in the Bambara language, then only spoken orally.
The manuscript opens with nine pages of historical introduction beginning with the origins of the
9 pages of handwritten introduction and 140 numbered pages penned in black ink in a lined notebook bound in half black cloth with green paper boards. With erasures and corrections, as well as a useful table of contents at the end.
A fine and early testimony to the interest of a French officer in the Bambara language, then only spoken orally.
The manuscript opens with nine pages of historical introduction beginning with the origins of the
€1,700