Ludolfus (Jobus, alias Leut-holf): Historia Aethiopica, sive brevis & succincta descriptio Regni Habessinorum quod vulgò malè Presbyteri Iohannis, Frankfurt, Joh. David Zunner, typis Balthasaris Christophori Wustii, 1681, folio, second edition, title in red and black, 8 engraved plates, all but one folding, one signed J.P. Aubry, 2 double-page genealogical tables, one in coptic printed in red and black (lacking portrait, one plate slightly torn along fold, occasional browning), contemporary calf (upper cover detached). [Paulitschke Afrika-Literatur 1156; Graesse IV, 290]; and one other folio. (2)
Details
Ludolfus (Jobus, alias Leut-holf): Historia Aethiopica, sive brevis & succincta descriptio Regni Habessinorum quod vulgò malè Presbyteri Iohannis, Frankfurt, Joh. David Zunner, typis Balthasaris Christophori Wustii, 1681, folio, second edition, title in red and black, 8 engraved plates, all but one folding, one signed J.P. Aubry, 2 double-page genealogical tables, one in coptic printed in red and black (lacking portrait, one plate slightly torn along fold, occasional browning), contemporary calf (upper cover detached). [Paulitschke Afrika-Literatur 1156; Graesse IV, 290]; and one other folio. (2)
Lot Essay
First published in 1672.
More from
Printed Books(The Property of Manhattan College)