first edition
1974 · La Habana
by ORTIZ, Fernando
La Habana: Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, Instituto Cubano del Libro, 1974. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm). Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 526pp. Clean and tight in a lightly rubbed dustwrapper; Very Good. In the publisher's series "Pensamiento Cubano."
Posthumously-published update to Ortiz' 1924 work, "Un Catauro de Cubanismos," a lexicographical study of the influence of African languages and cultures on Cuban idiomatic Spanish. One of a series of uniform, posthumous editions of the renowned Cuban Africanist's sociological and historical studies, all published in the "Pensamiento Cubano" series. (Inventory #: 85047)
Posthumously-published update to Ortiz' 1924 work, "Un Catauro de Cubanismos," a lexicographical study of the influence of African languages and cultures on Cuban idiomatic Spanish. One of a series of uniform, posthumous editions of the renowned Cuban Africanist's sociological and historical studies, all published in the "Pensamiento Cubano" series. (Inventory #: 85047)