Lobo, Jerome - [Samuel Johnson, translator]
£550
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 10 September 2014 at 12:00 BST
Description
A voyage to Abyssinia, by Father Jerome Lobo, a Portuguese Jesuit. London: A. Bettesworth & C. Hitch, 1735. First edition in English, 8vo, translated by Samuel Johnson, title printed in red and black, contemporary panelled calf, [Rothschild 1215], very neatly rebacked, corners rubbed
Footnote
Note: First edition of Johnson's first work.