A Voyage to Abyssinia, and Travels into the Interior of that Country,

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 Languages.

First edition. 5 folding maps and 29 plates (including a few plans) and 2 vignette engravings in the text. Large 4to. Later half leather with marbled paper boards, the spine with raised bands ruled in gilt and contrasting letterpieces. One of the maps repaired with linen along a fold, small repair to the title page, occasional foxing as usual. Bookplate to upper pastedown and an advertorial leaf for a work with drawings by Salt loosely inserted. xvi, 506, lxxv [appendix] pp. London, F.C. & J. Rivington, 1814.

£1,850.00

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;

The British Government, wary of French influence in the Red Sea following Bonaparte’s invasion of 1798 and subsequent events, appointed Salt to undertake this mission to establish contact with the King of Abyssinia and report on the state of the country. He arrived in 1809 and remained two years. He also includes an account of the Portuguese settlements on the east coast of Africa, and in the appendix gives vocabularies of the native dialects spoken from Mozambique north to the borders of Egypt.

Ibrahim-Hilmy II, p. 208.

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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;

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