Abyssinia and its People; or, Life in the Land of Prester John....With a New Map; and Eight Coloured Illustrations by MM. Vignaud and Barrat.
London: James Camden Hotten, 1868. vi, 384, adv [8] pp. Illus. with color plates, 1 folding map, and 1 in-text drawing. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Wear at the spine ends with a few small tears and chips, some tears at the lower front joint and the upper rear joint, corners bumped and worn with some loss on the rear, rear board with a small crack, top edge foxed, owner's signature on first blank, soiling on title page, bookseller's blind stamp on free endpaper, tears to a few folds on the map, leaves clean, plates bright and unmarked, binding solid. A good+ or better copy. Item #28557
Advert. tipped in. Written at the height of the concern over the British captives in Abyssinia who were freed from King Theodore by British troops in the year of publication of this volume. Includes: I. The country as seen by early and recent travelers; II. Consul Plowden's description of Abyssinia, 1852-5; III. The story of the British captives in Abyssinia. 1863-4 / by the Rev. Geo. Percy Badger. Continuation ... November, 1864, to July, 1867 / by the editor; IV. Suggestions for an expedition, with routes; V. Bibliography of all the known works relating to Abyssinia. Vignaud's illustrations were drawn those in Thophile Lefebvre's Voyage en Abyssinie execute pendant les annees 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843. Scarce.
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