de cosson e milius a lbert (1 Ergebnisse)

2 vols. 8°. VIII, 1 Bl., 305 S., 32 S.; IV, 1 Bl., 317 S. Mit zus. 8 Holzstich-Taf., dav. 2 getönt als Frontisp. u. 1 mehrf. gefalt. Karte./.VIII, 1 Bl., 305 pp., 32 pp.; IV, 1 l., 317 pp. with 8 plates in wood-engravings (2 tinted frontisp.) and 1 folded map. Blaue OLn.-Einbände mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel u. Deckelillustration./ Blue orig. cloth bindings with gilt spines and boards. Restaur. Ecken etwas bestoßen. Innen wenige Bll. mit kl. Fleck, Karte alt im Falz verstärkt, Spiegel jew. mit aufkaschiertem Etikett der "Irish Society London"./Restored. Edges slightly rubbed. Some leaves stained. Paste-down labels on endpapers: "Irish Society London". Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 162 - Seltene Erstausgabe. Das vorliegende Exemplar jew. mit dem Etikett "The Gift of The Honorable the Irish Society London 18." auf dem vorderen Spiegel. Der biographisch kaum fassbare Emilius Albert De Cosson schreibt im Vorwort: "In the following pages I have endeavoured to describe a visit that I paid to the court of this remarkable Prince, during a journey I made through Abyssinia and Upper Nubia in 1873. [.] My journey [.] was undertaken solely for my own amusement [.]." (I, IV-V). Rare first edition. With the booksplate: "The Gift of The Honorable the Irish Society London 18." Emilius Albert De Cosson, about whom little is known biographically, writes in the preface: "In the following pages I have endeavoured to describe a visit that I paid to the court of this remarkable Prince, during a journey I made through Abyssinia and Upper Nubia in 1873. [.] My journey [.] was undertaken solely for my own amusement [.]." (I, IV-V). Gewicht in Gramm: 2000.