John Aiden HOULDER

Ohabolana, ou Proverbes malgaches montrant l'esprit et la sagesse populaires des Hovas de Madagascar. Réunis, traduits en anglais et classés par le Rév. J. A. Houlder, missionnaire de la Société de Londres à Madagascar pendant vingt-quatre ans. Traduits aussi et annotés en français par M. H. Noyer, directeur de l'École supérieure d'Ambatonakanga, Tananarive. Édités par le Rév. Sibrée. Première partie, renfermant 1236 proverbes.

Brand: Imprimerie F. F. M. A
SKU: 90227
Price: 750 EUR
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Author: John Aiden HOULDER

[Ohabolana, or Malagasy Proverbs Illustrating the Popular Wit and Wisdom of the Hova of Madagascar. Collected, Translated into English, and Arranged by the Rev. J. A. Houlder, a Missionary of the London Missionary Society in Madagascar for Twenty-Four Years. Also Translated into French and Annotated by M. H. Noyer, Director of the École Supérieure d’Ambatonakanga, Tananarive. Edited by the Rev. Sibrée. Part I, Containing 1,236 Proverbs}

Imprimerie F. F. M. A|Tananarive [Antananarivo [Antananarivo]] 1915|14 x 22 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur

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⬨ 90227

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 Government-General of Madagascar in 1922 and taught Malagasy at the École coloniale in Paris from 1908 to 1910.