{"product_id":"rare-early-zulu-work-inncwadi-yokubala-1864","title":"Rare 1864 Zulu Educational Book - \"Inncwadi Yokubala\" \/ \"The Book of Counting\" 1864","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Inncwadi Yokubala\" (The Book of Counting)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-Printed for the Hermannsburg Mission by the Janecke Brothers, Hanover, 1864\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-Small octavo format (18.4 x 12.4 cm). Contemporary half calf\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-Complete: [4], 155pp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-Quarter calf and black cloth binding. Spine perished with boards starting and corners bumped. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSome toning to text and occasional foxing to title page but very good internally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eThis is a rare Hermannsburg Mission imprint produced for educational use by the Zulu people of southern Africa. The work was printed in Hanover in 1864, shortly after the establishment of the Hermannsburg Mission in Natal. The book was part of the educational and evangelical programme of the early Lutheran missions in southern Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe title translates as \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“The Book of Counting” \u003c\/i\u003eand contains five chapters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIzindatyana\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e - \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Short Stories”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIzindaba Zezwe -\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“News of the World”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIzinshumayelo Ezimbili\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e - \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Two Sermons”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIzindaba Zase Natal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e - \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“News from Natal”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIzindaba ZamaZulu\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e - \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Stories of the Zulu People”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eThe Hermannsburg Mission was founded in 1849 by the Lutheran pastor Louis Harms (1808–1865). Originally intended to support missionary work in Ethiopia, the mission instead established itself in Natal from 1854, where its missionaries worked amongst the Zulu population. The Hermannsburg missionaries would expand into the Transvaal and beyond, becoming one of the most influential Protestant missionary societies in southern Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eRare with OCLC recording only one institutional copy at the New York Public Library. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Bry Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56973169754490,"sku":null,"price":1150.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0624\/2969\/2075\/files\/IMG_9920.jpg?v=1781338439","url":"https:\/\/debryrarebooks.com\/products\/rare-early-zulu-work-inncwadi-yokubala-1864","provider":"De Bry Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}