Beschreibung:

Africa.- Salt (Henry) A Voyage to Abyssinia, and Travels into the Interior of that Country..., first edition, half-title, 7 engraved maps, 5 folding and one hand-coloured, 27 engraved plates and engraved head- & tail-piece, most folding maps laid down on linen, occasional spotting, wide margins, engraved bookplate of Agnew Bart. of Lochnaw, contemporary calf, rubbed, some worn patches to upper cover, spine a little faded, upper cover detached, 4to, 1814. ⁂ Salt was sent on a mission to the King of Abyssinia by the British Govenment. The work also contains information on Arabia, the Portuguese settlements on the east coast of Africa and vocabularies of the tribal languages.