Joseph Stickney SEWELL
Vokabolary malagasy sy englisy hianarana tsy an-jery. Voahitsy sady voalamina hifanara-kevitra sy isa amin' ny "Lesona amin' ny teny englisy.
[Malagasy and English Vocabulary for learning by heart. Revised and arranged to correspond in meaning and numbering with the ‘Lessons in the English Language]
Friends' foreign mission association|Tananarive [Antananarivo] 1894|13.7 x 21.2 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur
Rare first edition of this small practical Malagasy–English lexicon compiled by the Protestant missionary Joseph Stickney Sewell (1819–1900), who was active in Madagascar between 1867 and 1876; although a Quaker, he was employed by the Anglican London Missionary Society.
No copy recorded in the CCF. Absent from Grandidier (who nevertheless cites other works by the author).
Publisher’s modest brick-coloured half-cloth binding, smooth spine without lettering, title blocked on the upper board, with light spotting and staining to the boards.
Title page and final endpaper toned,
€1,200