Salt (Henry). A Voyage to Abyssinia, 1st edition, 1814

Salt (Henry). 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, 1st edition, London: F. C. and J. Rivington, 1814, half-title, 28 engraved plates (of 29), 4 folding maps (of 5), bookplate of Conyngham to front pastedown, some leaves uncut, hinges neatly reinforced, faintly damp-stained to head throughout, mid-19th-century blindstamped purple cloth gilt, spine faded, a few light marks to boards, 4to (Quantity: 1) Blackmer 1479; Mendelssohn p.264. Salt 'returned to Africa in 1809 on a government mission to establish contact with the King of Abyssinia which occupied him for two years. This work describes these travels and the appendix contains vocabularies of various African dialects'. (Blackmer).