George Waddington & Rev. Barnard Hanbury - Journal of a visit to some parts of Ethiopia - 1822

WADDINGTON & HANBURY (George & Barnard)
Journal of a visit to some parts of Ethiopia
John Murray, London, 1822.

In-4 (21.6 × 27.5 cm), vi-(1)-323-(10) pp., bound. Bradel. Half-tan leather with corners, spine with raised bands, gilt title. Period binding. Spine and corners entirely restored, some foxing at the joints and margins, first leaves and the first map uniformly browned, some scattered foxing.

Original edition of this journey to Ethiopia illustrated with a frontispiece and 17 plates including 2 folding maps.

In this travel journal published in 1822, written and largely illustrated by George Waddington. He, and the Reverend Barnard Hanbury, both future members of Trinity College, Cambridge, ascend the Nile up to Merowe (Meroë) in present-day Sudan. During their peregrination they notably meet the French explorer Frédéric Cailliaud. They will bring back from this expedition several Egyptian coffins, which they will present to the University of Cambridge.