Gombo zhèbes : little dictionary of Creole proverbs, selected from six Creole dialects / translated into French and into English, with notes, complete index to subjects and some brief remarks upon the Creole idioms of Louisiana by Lafcadio Hearn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904.

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Milton Mausner Collection of Lafcadio Hearn (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Creoles and Pidgins (Other)

Multiple languages

Subjects (All):

Proverbs, Creole.

Creole dialects.

Genre:

Publishers' advertisements -- New York (State) -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Buck, John H. (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy 1)

Davis, Edward Lawrence (bookplate) (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy 2)

Davis, Edward L., Mrs. (donor)

Mausner, Milton A., Estate of (donor) (Mausner Collection copy)

Mausner, Milton A., 1918-2012 (former owner) (Mausner Collection copy)

Beers, William R. (autograph) (Mausner Collection copy)

Physical Description:

5 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 8-42 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Will H. Coleman, 1885.

Notes:

Publisher's advertisement at end.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy 1 has bookplate of John H. Buck.

Culture Class Collection copy 2 has bookplate of Edward Lawrence Davis.

Mausner Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2012 by the estate of Milton A. Mausner.

Mausner Collection copy has autograph of William R. Beers on leaf preceding title leaf.

Mausner Collection copy has bookseller's typescript description of this copy laid in.

Cited in:

Perkins & Perkins. Lafcadio Hearn, p. 6-7

OCLC:

6258567