A Voyage to Abyssinia,

... containing the History, Natural, Civil and Ecclesiastical, of that remote and Unfrequented Country, Continued down to the beginning of the Eighteenth Century: with Fifteen Dissertations on various Subjects, relating to the antiquities, government, religion, manners, and natural history of Abyssinia. by M. Le Grand.

Second edition. Folding map. 8vo. Recent full calf, red morocco label to spine, gilt. 500, 2ads pp. London, Elliot and Kay,

One of the earliest works on Abyssinia. Lobo, a Portuguese missionary, landed at Beilul in 1625. He made his way to the Jesuit headquarters at Fremona in Tegre and later to Danquaz. He travelled widely until 1633 when the Jesuits were expelled by Emporer Fasiladas. "The author describes his adventures in a racy narrative to which he has added chapters on the history of Ethiopia, the religion, animals, manner of eating and dress of that country, and a description of the Blue Nile" (Pankhurst).

Le Grand translated the work into French, appending much important information on Ethiopia's foreign relations to that point. Johnston's English translation was his first published book. Pankhurst, 5.

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