The Highlands Of AEthiopia. - a mixed edition in the original cloth

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Three volumes octavo: a made up set, volumes 1 and 3 being first editions in purple-brown blind-stamped cloth and volume 2 being a second edition in brown cloth. There is some wear to the cloth. Volume 1 is a little damaged at head of spine; the front gutter is gaping but perfectly firm and the rear blank endpaper has a piece missing from the lower part. Volume 2 is rather rubbed and has small tear to lower joint. Half-titles to volumes 1 and 2. Complete with 3 lithographic frontispieces, one of which is coloured, engraved title page vignettes, large engraved folding map and chromolithographed dedication; small engraved bookseller's ticket on front paste-down of first volume. " Harris, while on a diplomatic mission to establish trade relations with the Kingdom of Shoa, recorded numerous aspects of Ethiopia, its religion and legends, language, education, natural history, botany, geography, history and battles. Harris also includes accounts of buffalo and elephant hunting during his travels as well as the working of the slave trade. Within the same year, the book went into a second edition in which Harris rebutted criticisms of his account. " (Sotheby's The Library Of Humphrey Winterton, May 2003). N° de ref. del artículo 27551

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