Title

A voyage to Abyssinia : and travels into the interior of that country, executed under the orders of the British government, in the years 1809 and 1810 : in which are included, an account of the Portuguese settlements on the east coast of Africa, visited in the course of the voyage : a concise narrative of late events in Arabia Felix : and some particulars respecting the aboriginal African tribes, extending from Mosambique to the borders of Egypt : together with vocabularies of their respective languages : illustrated with a map of Abyssinia, numerous engravings, and charts / by Henry Salt, Esq. F.R.S. &c.

Author

Salt, Henry, 1780-1827

Publication

London : Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, St. Paul's Church-yard; by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland Row, St. James's, 1814.

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Additional Authors

• Outhett, John
• Macpherson, Alexander, active 1796-1824
• Heath, Charles, 1785-1848
• F., C. and J. Rivington (Firm), publisher.
• W. Bulmer and Co., printer.

Description

xi, [5], 506, lxxv, [1] p., [34] leaves of plates (5 folded) : ill., maps, ports., plan; 34 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• Salt, Henry, 1780-1827 > Travel > Ethiopia
• Africa, East > Description and travel
• Ethiopia > Description and travel
• African languages

Note

• With a half-title page.
• Contains List of new and rare plants, collected in Abyssinia during the years 1809 and 1810, arranged according to the Linnaean system [by Robert Brown]. (Appendix IV, p. lxiii-lxv). This Appendix also contains descriptions of the zoology of Abyssinia, with descriptions of birds by John Latham and notes by Lord Stanley.
• Maps signed: J. Outhett delt. ; A. Macpherson sculpt.; all other illustrations signed: H. Salt delt. ; C. Heath scuplt.
• Signatures: [a]⁴ b⁴ B-3S⁴ *A-*I⁴ *K².

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Indexed In (note)

• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.),

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

Sc Rare+ 916.3-S (Salt, H. Voyage to Abyssinia)

LCCN

05008179

OCLC

• 3688835
• 3688835B

Author

Salt, Henry, 1780-1827, author, illustrator.

Title

A voyage to Abyssinia : and travels into the interior of that country, executed under the orders of the British government, in the years 1809 and 1810 : in which are included, an account of the Portuguese settlements on the east coast of Africa, visited in the course of the voyage : a concise narrative of late events in Arabia Felix : and some particulars respecting the aboriginal African tribes, extending from Mosambique to the borders of Egypt : together with vocabularies of their respective languages : illustrated with a map of Abyssinia, numerous engravings, and charts / by Henry Salt, Esq. F.R.S. &c.

Imprint

London : Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, St. Paul's Church-yard; by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland Row, St. James's, 1814.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Indexed In:

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 9079

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare+ 916.3-S (accession no. B527294) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added Author

F., C. and J. Rivington (Firm), publisher.

W. Bulmer and Co., printer.

Outhett, John, cartographer.

Macpherson, Alexander, active 1796-1824, engraver.

Heath, Charles, 1785-1848, engraver.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Added Title

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare+ 916.3-S (Salt, H. Voyage to Abyssinia)

BLL+ (Salt, H. Voyage to Abyssinia)