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4000 SEK

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Beskrivning

SALT, HENRY. A Voyage to Abyssinia, and Travels into the Interior of that Country, Executed under the Orders of the British Government, in the Years 1809 and 1810, in which are Included, An Account of the Portuguese Settlements on the East Coast of Africa, Visited in the Course of the Voyage, a Concise Narrative of Late Events in Arabia Felix, and Some Particulars Respecting the Aboriginal African Tribes, Extending from Mosambique to the Borders of Egypt, together with Vocabularies of their Respective Language. London (printed for F. C. and J. Rivington) 1814.

4:o (about 303x235 mm.). (5, lacks halftitle), viii-xi, (1 blank), (4, List of plates, Map and Charts), (3), 4-506, i-lxxv, (1 blank) pp. 27 engraved plates, 7 engraved maps, of which 5 folding and 1 handcoloured, 2 engraved vignettes (pp. 3 and 506).
Very worn near contemporary half leather, faded, cracked in the joints,faded gilt spine in five compartments, damages at head and foot. Some minor foxing. A few pencil markings.

Auktionsnummer:

6125

Datum:

2019-06-14