SALT (Henry): Voyage en Abyssinie, entrepris par ordre du Go - Lot 102

SALT (Henry): Voyage en Abyssinie, entrepris par ordre du Gouvernement Britannique, exécuté dans les années 1809 et 1810 (...). Translated from the English by P.-F. HENRY; accompanied by an Atlas of Maps, Plans, Inscriptions, Portraits and Miscellaneous Views, drawn by the author. Paris, Magimel, 1816 (Atlas Paris, Dado, 1816). Two volumes and one atlas. Text: 12 by 20 cm. (4)-X-406-(1); (4)-473-(1) pages. Contemporary havana half-basin with small corners, speckled edges. Minor rubbing to binding. Atlas: 29 by 22 cm. Contemporary half basane. Paper on boards identical to that of text volumes. Covers worn, corners dulled. 33 maps, views, etc. Complete. In particular, a very large folding map of Abyssinia. Some spotting, foxing in the folds of the maps. First edition of the French translation. Fumagalli, Bibliografia Etiopica, 140. Second voyage of Henry Salt, British Egyptologist and diplomat (1780-1827) to Abyssinia, the aim of which was to open up new communication routes with Europe that had been interrupted for two centuries and that could serve the progress of British trade. This important account complements the Viscount de Valentia's account of Henry Salt's first voyage to Abyssinia. Complete and uncommon.