Lot 2
Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
Four 17th & 18th century works
Auction: Africa and the Source of the Nile - Selections from the Library of a Scottish Gentleman | Wed 25 February from 10am | Lots 1 to 30
Description
Poncet, Charles J. A Voyage to Aethiopia, made In the Years 1698, 1699, and 1700. London: printed for W. Lewis, 1709. First and only edition in English (first published in French as Relation abregee du voyage que M. Charles Poncet) 12mo (14.7 x 8cm), modern full sheep, with final advertisement leaf [ESTC T180264];
[Johnson, Samuel, translator]. Lobo, Jerónimo. A Voyage to Abyssinia … With a Continuation of the History of Abyssinia … by M. Legrand. From the French. London: printed for A. Bettesworth, and C. Hitch, 1735. First edition in English and Samuel Johnson's first published book, 8vo (19.5 x 11.8cm), contemporary calf, rebacked, with 19th-century armorial bookplate of John Lancaster of Bilton Grange, some toning throughout [ESTC T88596; Rothschild 1215];
[Lobo, Jerónimo]. A Short Relation of the River Nile, of its Sourse [sic] and Current. London: printed for John Martyn, 1669. First edition in English, 8vo (14.9 x 9.4cm), modern paper boards with buckram spine, wanting preliminary order-to-print leaf (A1), epistle dedicatory leaves (a1-2), and final blank leaf, title leaf soiled with small hole and slight loss of text, lower outer corner of final text-leaf missing but not affecting text [ESTC R12438, Wing L2733];
Almeida, Manuel de. The Travels of the Jesuits in Ethiopia. London: printed for J. Knapton, 1710. 4to (20.3 x 16cm), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked with gilt spine probably taken from another binding, wanting map of ‘Abissine Empire,’ leaf N2 torn with slight loss of text, some foxing throughout [ESTC T133244] (4)
Provenance
Africa and the Source of the Nile - Selections from the Library of a Scottish Gentleman