Maggs Bros Ltd. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Autographs and first editions.

Nine (of 26) coloured lithographs, loose, without title or text. 295 by 220mm and smaller. Some very minor, occasional spotting. London, Dickenson & Son,

The twenty-six-plate set is extremely rare and was published in the same year as the author's three-volume narrative. "Harris and several other British officers and diplomats were sent to open trade relations with the then virtually unknown Kingdom of Shoa." (Czech, p 72).The plates included here are titled as follows: (3) Sultan of Tajura; (10) Eesah Somauli; (13) Woema Shepherdesses; (14) The Wady Killulloo; (15) Presentation at Court; (21) Mohammadan Women of Argobba; (23) Interior of an Abyssinian House; (25) Cathedral of St Michael; (27) Triumphal Entry into Angollala (two illustrations). Abbey, 291; Czech, p 72.

HARRIS, William Cornwallis Stock Code: TR24545