Author: BECKINGHAM C. F.
Title: The Prester John of the Indies. A True Relation of the Lands of the Prester John, being the Narrative of the Portuguese Embassy to Ethiopia in 1520, written by Father Francisco Alvares. The Translation of Lord Stanley of Alderney (1881) revised and edited with additional Material. NEAR FINE COPY
Description: University Press, Cambridge for the Hakluyt Society,, 1961. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 16 plates, 34 illustrations in the text, 7 maps (1 folding) and a large folding map in pocket at end; original series binding of blue cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, uncut, a near fine copy. With uniform personal bookplate on front paste-downs. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, vols. 114-115. SCARCE., ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

Keywords: travel, hakluyt society, africa, ethiopia, abyssinia, prester john


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