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Description : Africa.- Salt (Henry) A Voyage to Abyssinia, first edition, half-title, 2 engraved vignettes, 8 maps on 7 sheets, most folding, one hand-coloured, 27 plates, some offsetting, foxing and occasional staining, modern half calf over marbled boards, [Blackmer 1479], 4to, 1814.
⁂ A very interesting work by Salt, who later became associated with Egyptology as the employer of Belzoni, friend of Burckhardt, and the owner of three important collections of Egyptian antiquities... He returned to Africa in 1809 on a government mission to establish contact with the King of Abyssinia which occupied him for two years. This work describes these travels and the appendix contains vocabularies of various African dialects (Blackmer).
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About the lot N° 110 Title : A Voyage To Abyssinia By Henry Salt, Period : 1814 Size : x cm Forum Auctions - UK, auctioneer, London, UKIt's free to register now to view! Sale title : Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper Sale date : 19 Nov 2020It's free to register now to view! Sale Reference : Live Sale