Description: A Dictionary of the Yoruba Language. Published in London, England by Oxford University Press. 1950, 243 pp, 7.5 x 5", hardcover binding. In good condition with some shelf wear to boards and chipping to spine. Hinges are loose but intact. General age-related toning and foxing to pages. There are remnants of the previous owner's stamp and pen writing throughout. Binding is loose in some areas. Towards the back of the folio are lists of birds and plants and trees in translation. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A linguistic study book from the prestigious library of language scholar Johannes Rahder (1898-1988): Dutch Orientalist, professor of Japanese at the University of Leiden (1931-1946), and Yale University (1947-1965), and once depicted by legendary Langston Hughes in 'I Wonder, I Wander', as a "...famous authority on obscure Oriental languages", after a brief meeting on the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1933. His stamp and writing are in the margins throughout this folio. This 1950 text is a study of the Yoruba language, which is spoken in Central and Southwestern Nigeria, with English translations. FORN-SHELF-627-0223-eb0120
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: London, England
Language: Yoruba
Region: Africa
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Topic: Language Study
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Subject: Linguistics
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1950
