About the lot N° 83
Title : 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, 1St Edition, 1814, Half Title, 7 Engraved Maps And Charts (Five Folding, One Hand-Coloured), 27 Engraved Plates, Title With Repaired Hole At Foot, Some Offsetting And A Little Minor Spotting, Modern Red Calf-Backed Marbled Boards, 4To (Qty: , Period : 1814
Notes : Blackmer 1479: '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'. Provenance: Library of Colin and Joan Deacon.Dominic Winter Auctions, auctioneer, South Cerney, UK
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Sale title : Printed Books, Maps, Travel, Exploration, Natural History, Prints, Archaeology & Gastronomy
Sale date : 15 May 2019
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