Lobo Jérome / Le Grand M. - Voyage historique d’Abissinie - 1728
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Two-volume French translation of Jérôme Lobo’s Voyage historique d’Abissinie, first edition 1728, translated by M. Le Grand, illustrated with a frontispiece and two maps, published in Amsterdam by Au dépens de la Compagnie, leather binding, about 650 pages, 16 x 10 cm, in reasonably used condition.
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French translation of the book by the Portuguese Jesuit Jeronimo Lobo (1595-1678) detailing his experiences in Ethiopia. One of the earliest European descriptions of Ethiopia. From Portuguese translated by M. Le Grand and expanded with several treatises, letters and memoirs (land, customs, the church, politics and the sources of the Blue Nile, the mythical priest-emperor Johannes / Prestre Jean).
First edition in 12mo (16 x 10 cm), appeared in the same year as the original 4to edition. Illustrated with a repeatedly engraved frontispiece and 2 folding maps: East Ethiopia, drawn by d’Anville, and Abyssinia. Published in Amsterdam, at the expense of the Company, 1728. 2 volumes in 12mo: [2], xiii, [3], 346; [2], 291, [1 blank - 20] pp., 2 maps.
Condition: Paper slightly browned, light water stain at the bottom of pp. 87-91 of Part II. Old calf leather, spine with ribbed sections decorated with a floral motif. Wear and damage to hinges at the top and bottom of the spine. Label at the bottom of the spines, corners dented, boards lightly rubbed.
French translation of the book by the Portuguese Jesuit Jeronimo Lobo (1595-1678) detailing his experiences in Ethiopia. One of the earliest European descriptions of Ethiopia. From Portuguese translated by M. Le Grand and expanded with several treatises, letters and memoirs (land, customs, the church, politics and the sources of the Blue Nile, the mythical priest-emperor Johannes / Prestre Jean).
First edition in 12mo (16 x 10 cm), appeared in the same year as the original 4to edition. Illustrated with a repeatedly engraved frontispiece and 2 folding maps: East Ethiopia, drawn by d’Anville, and Abyssinia. Published in Amsterdam, at the expense of the Company, 1728. 2 volumes in 12mo: [2], xiii, [3], 346; [2], 291, [1 blank - 20] pp., 2 maps.
Condition: Paper slightly browned, light water stain at the bottom of pp. 87-91 of Part II. Old calf leather, spine with ribbed sections decorated with a floral motif. Wear and damage to hinges at the top and bottom of the spine. Label at the bottom of the spines, corners dented, boards lightly rubbed.
Details
Number of books
2
Subject
Africa, History, Illustrated
Book title
Voyage historique d’Abissinie
Author/ Illustrator
Lobo Jérome / Le Grand M.
Condition
Fair
Publication year oldest item
1728
Height
16 cm
Edition
1st Edition
Width
10 cm
Language
French
Original language
No
Publisher
Au dépens de la Compagnie, Amsterdam
Binding/ Material
Leather
Number of pages
650
