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JOHNSTON, Charles (1810-1872). Travels in Southern Abyssinina, through the Country of Adal to the Kingdom of Shoa. London: J. Madden and Co., 1844. 2 volumes, 8°. Folding engraved map and tinted lithographed frontispieces (title of vol. I very lightly soiled). Near-contemporary polished tan calf, gilt spines with contrasting lettering-pieces, double gilt fillet round sides, marbled edges. Provenance: H.E. Butler, 1863 (presentation inscription from Andrew Pope on the former's leaving Eton). FIRST EDITION. (2)
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