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The Mountains of Rasselas: An Ethiopian Adventure

by Pakenham, T.

Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Illustrations : b/w photos, drwaings, 2 maps

Description:

An account of Thomas Pakenham’s journey by mule to explore three prison mountains in the province of Belesa in Ethiopia, where royal princes of Abyssinia were condemned to be imprisoned.

Lockot, Bibliographia Aethiopica 1734.

Condition

Vg in d/w (in removable protective cover). Some spotting to top edge. Two ownership signatures. From the library of the entomologist and traveller Guillaume Marie de Rougemont (1945-2020), who had a particular interest in Ethiopia, with his bookplate.