SALT, Henry (1780-1827)
A Voyage to Abyssinia, and Travels into the Interior of that Country, Executed under the Order of the British Government, in the years 1809 and 1810. Philadelphia: M. Carey, 1816.8vo (215 x 125 mm). Half-title, hand-colored engraved folding map. (Small tear to map on verso, old tape repairs.) Contemporary half leather, marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine (joint splitting, worn, old tape repairs). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, including an account of the Portuguese settlements on the east coast of Africa, a concise narrative of the events in Arabia Felix, and information about the Aboriginal African tribes and their languages.
Property from the Collection of the Valley of Milwaukee, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
