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.

Name: Joseph Stickney SEWELL • [Malagasy and English Vocabulary for learning by heart. Revised and arranged to correspond in meaning and numbering with the ‘Lessons in the English Language] • Vokabolary malagasy sy englisy hianarana tsy an-jery. Voahitsy sady voalamina hifanara-kevitra sy isa amin' ny "Lesona amin' ny teny englisy. • 1894
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[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

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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,