First edition. 8 hand-coloured plates and a folding map (this with a small tear), a few in-text illustrations. 8vo. Publisher’s blue marbled cloth, lettered in gilt, with split to the head of the front joint and tear and fray at the spine ends, spine toned. Some browning and foxing as usual, inner hinges splitting. School prize to upper pastedown; bookplate to ffep. vi, 384, [viii publisher’s catalogue] pp. London, John Camden Hotten, 1868.
Hotten provides an overview of the various expeditions to Abyssinia up to that time, as well as selected pieces on music, language, slavery etc. The second part of the book is devoted to Plowden’s 1855 expedition, and the third to Badger’s tale of captivity. The final section comprises suggested routes for further expeditions.
