This copy is signed by the author on the title page. Again he inscribed on the ffep: In vriendskap, v.d.s, 2/12/1963. (V.d.s. meaning: van die skrywer)
Publisher's brown cloth binding. Title to the front baord and spine.
x + 539pp. Text in Afrikaans. Previous ownership name in ink on fep.
Contains a 338 page glossary (page 201-539) of Hottentot words where each entry is accompanied with a short linguistic analysis and a reference to the early explorers who recorded it.
Professor G. S. Nienaber was an ethnolinguist who specialised in the history and language of the Hottentots (Khoi-khoi).
Contents: The discovery of the Hottentots, their dances, the development of trust between Hottentots and Settlers, research into the origin of the word "Hottentot", the experts' heated arguments concerning the name "Hottentot", an "unlearnable" language, early successes, etc.
Binding sound. Contents clean. A good copy of this very scarce work.
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 8vo (225 x 150 mm)
