Folk-Lore Journal (Vol. I, Parts II-VI; Vol. II, Parts IV-VI). Edited by the Working Committee of the South African Folk-Lore Society

8vo, Capetown, [S.A.]: Saul Solomon & Co., Printers, 1879-1880. Original wrappers bound in full morocco. Chips from top edge of some wrappers. Some soiling and gentle creasing along length of volumes. Very good.

Journal dedicated to recording Bushman, Hottentot, and Kaffir folk-lore. A contemporary review in the Folk-Lore Record praised the journal for overcoming the hardships of printing in South Africa, and goes on: "Communications from the lips of the aborigines, written down in their language and words, and accompanied by a translation in English, must be of enormous value to the students of comparative folk-lore .." A collection of issues from volumes I and II

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