Lobo Jérome / Le Grand M. - Voyage historique d’Abissinie - 1728

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.

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