Author: Borrow, George:
Title: The Zincali. An Account Of The Gypsies Of Spain.
Description: London, John Murray, 1872 Hard cover brown cloth bds, cloth fraying and tearing at spine hinges in places, spine faded, gilt lettering, splash mark to upper bd, corners bumped, inner hinges cracking but holding, nice tissue-protected frontis., contents clean and tight, occas. pencil annotation to preface, pp264, neat name on frontis. verso. New edition with a portrait.

Keywords: Zincali gypsies history Spain Spanish social history life habits traveller Martin del Rio languages proverbs cannibalism food chiromancy dance evil eye superstitions Gitanos laws


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