Records Ethiopia 1593 1646 by Beckingham Huntingford (6 results)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front board, deckled page edges- some still uncut, xcviii + 267pp, folding maps throughout, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & surface loss to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep).

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Like New. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xcviii+267 pages with frontispiece, folding chart, folding maps, illustrations, tables, appendix, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria embossed in gilt to front cover with blind-stamped edges to the cover. Second Series, Number CVI (107). First edition. This is a valuable work much enhanced by a detailed and scholarly introduction,w hich gives an admirable impression of the situation of Ethiopia during the first thirty years of the seventeenth century. In addition to setting out the history and background of the manuscripts, translators give a balanced a ccount of the work of the Jesuits and of the situation with which they were faced. While there is much in the points brought forward in regard to Patriarch Alfonso Mendes, the translators perhaps underestimate the intense devotion of the Ethiopian churchment ot their Coptic heritage. There is little evidence that the Jesuit missionaries realized the rooted self confidence or the antiquity of the Ethiopian Christian life. The manuscripts selected for translation and now published are variegated, but well-chosen. It is in many respects the most valuable work that has been published in English dealing with Ethiopia in the seventeenth century. Condition: Points gently rubbed and bumped, spine ends lightly rubbed, some foxing to page ends else better than very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Hakluyt Society, London, UK 1954. First Edition. 1st Printing. 267 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Being extracts from The History of High Ethiopia or Abassia by Manoel de Almeida, together with Bahrey's History of the Galla. History::Africa 6084.

Translated and Edited by C. F. Beckingham and G. W. B. Huntingford. London: Hakluyt Society, Second Series no. CVII, 1954 8vo. xcviii,267pp. 10 plates and map, biblio., index. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's blue cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. [L].

London, Hakluyt Society, 1954. 8vo. In the original publisher's blue cloth. Uncut and partly unopened. Gilt lettering to spine and gilt stamped ship to front board. A very fine and clean copy. XCVI, 267 pp. + 10 plates and maps. (Work Issued by The Hakluyt Society, Second Series: No. CVII).