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Lot #373 - Colenso, William - A Maori-English lexicon : being a comprehensive dictionary of the New Zealand tongue

  • Auction House:
    Webb's
  • Sale Name:
    The C.L. Thomas Collection
  • Sale Date:
    21 Mar 2012 ~ 12noon
  • Lot #:
    373
  • Lot Description:
    Colenso, William - A Maori-English lexicon : being a comprehensive dictionary of the New Zealand tongue
    Including mythical, mythological, 'taboo' or sacred, genealogical, proverbial, poetical, tropological, sacerdotal, incantatory, natural-history, idiomatical, abbreviated, tribal, and other names and terms of and allusions to persons, things, acts, and places in ancient times ; also, showing their affinities with cognate Polynesian dialects and foreign languages ; with copious pure Maori examples. Part I - Maori-English. Specimen. Wellington : John Mackay, Government Printer, 1898. 8vo. ix, 111, 21p. C1195. Brown cloth. Mild wear and foxing. Author's compliments slip tipped to title page. Provenance: originally from the collection of Henry Hill. Includes 'Part II - English-Maori'. Specimen of Colenso's great lexicographical project, tragically unfinished at the time of his death. A handsome copy. G to G+.
  • Provenance:
    Originally from the collection of Henry Hill.
  • Estimate:
    NZ$500 - 500
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Books & Manuscripts

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