Author: Salt, Henry
Title: 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
Description: London, England, F.C. And J.Rivington, 1814. Hardcover. leather boards w/ blind-stamped & gilt tile borders; gilt printed & raised band spine. xi, 5, 506 pgs & ixxv; plates & maps. all edge marble. Textblock and pages firm. Plates Missing: 2 (chart of East Coast of Africa), 10 (Chart Of Amphilia Bay), 12 (Chart Of Howakil Bay), 13 (Portraits) and 34 (Chart Of Annesley Bay). Tissue-guards are also torn or missing from various plates. Color plates have retained their brightness; text dark and detailed. Complete title, ".. 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 languages. Good- (leather boards detached. boards have considerable edge-wear, scuffs & scratches; corners rubbed to boards. spine has considerable rubbing & wear w/ 2inch section missing at edge; spine end missing, rubbed & chipped. light to dark speckled foxing throughout w/ higher concentrations on plates/maps) .

Keywords: Travels to Africa, Henry Salt ; Travels to Africa, Henry Salt ; ;


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