Creole Proverbs

HEARN, LAFCADIO. "Gombo Zhebes." 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. New York: Will H. Coleman, 1885. 1st ed. Sq. 8vo. 5, [3], [7]-42 pp., plus pub. ads. Orig. mustard cloth (spotted), some wear to spine ends. Fore-margin of front blank clipped away. Tight and sound, text fine. Scarce. $225.00

7914. Targ 5. The ads are for Hearn's La Cuisine Creole and Historical Sketch Book and Guide to New Orleans (illustrated), both issued the same year.