![CONGOLESE-FRENCH MANUSCRIPT DICTIONARY. "Dictionnaire françois-Congo." AND: "Essai d'une Grammaire Kongo tome 1<sup>re</sup>." [Late 18th century.]](http://images2.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2012-08/10/8520323-110-1.jpg&tmp=web300&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000&dt=zoom_image "CONGOLESE-FRENCH MANUSCRIPT DICTIONARY. \"Dictionnaire françois-Congo.\" AND: \"Essai d'une Grammaire Kongo tome 1<sup>re</sup>.\" [Late 18th century.] Sold for US$ 2,750 inc. premium")
4 Dec 2012
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The Dictionary Collection of Thomas Malin Rodgers
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The Dictionary Collection of Thomas Malin Rodgers
Back to auction 20475
CONGOLESE-FRENCH MANUSCRIPT DICTIONARY.
"Dictionnaire françois-Congo." AND: "Essai d'une Grammaire Kongo tome 1re." [Late 18th century.] 312 pp and 32 pp respectively, recto and verso, 4to, brown ink, in the same hand. Original marbled wrappers and original plain self-wrappers respectively; housed together in chemise and morocco-backed slipcase. Very minor soiling, backstrip worn on dictionary, excellent condition.
Likely the work of a French missionary to the Loango Coast in the 1780s.
Likely the work of a French missionary to the Loango Coast in the 1780s.
Sold for
US$ 2,750
inc. premium
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