"Travels In Abyssinia By Henry Salt In 2 Vols. In 8. In Paris At Magimel 1816, Fine Copy."
Rare and very beautiful copy in 8 format in two volumes half-binding smooth spine, blond sheepskin, decorated with gilt fillets titles and volume numbers black morocco, pinkish beige covers with reinforced corners. Printed in Paris at Magimel, Libraire pour l'Art Militaire rue Dauphine, N°9. 1816. "Voyage en Abyssinie", undertaken by Order of the British Governor, executed in the years 1809 and 1810, and dedicated to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of England by Henry Salt, squire, translated from English by P.-F. Henry, copy provided without the atlas generally absent, this edition of a travel account undertaken at the beginning of the 19th century is very captivating and complete with text, a beautiful account of a fascinating country where Egyptologist explorers went back to the sources of the Nile... In a long and perilous journey full of adventures... Perfect copy, beautiful and good to read