Life in Abyssinia: being notes collected during three years' residence and travels in that country

by Mansfield Parkyns

$450 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

First edition

London: John Murray, 1853. First edition, 2 volumes 8vo, pp. xv, 1 , 425, 1 ; iv, 432; folding map with route outlined in red, 18 plates plus other wood-engraved illustrations in the text; recent half maroon morocco, gilt-decorated spines in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 2; old institutional rubberstamp in bottom margin of title pages, both frontispieces a bit dampstained, but overall a fine-looking copy. Item #52524

• Binding: Leather

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