Africa.- Isenberg (Karl Wilhelm) Journals of the Messrs. Isenberg and Krapf, Missionaries of the
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Africa.- Isenberg (Karl Wilhelm) Journals of the Messrs. Isenberg and Krapf, Missionaries of the Church Missionary Society ... in the Kingdom of Shoa ... and other parts of Abyssinia, first edition, bound without half-title, 2 facsimile folding maps loosely inserted, previous owner's ink inscription to title, ex-Lovedale Library with label to front pastedown, marginal water-staining to early blanks and title, bookplate, contemporary calf, remnants of label to upper cover, slight rubbing to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1843 § Johnston (Charles) Travels in Southern Abyssinia, through the Country of Adal to the Kingdom of Shoa, 2 vol., first edition, tinted lithographed frontispieces, folding map, without 8pp. publishers' catalogue at end vol. 2, light spotting, bookplates, vol. 2 ex-library with ink-stamp of the 'Library of the San Francisco College for Women' to title verso, vol. 1 in contemporary calf, raised spine bands, gilt, vol. 2 in original cloth, expert repairs to spine extremities, a little rubbed and stained, bumping to corners and extremities, 1844; 8vo (3).
⁂ The first is an account of the travels of two German Protestant missionaries in Ethiopia, including descriptions of customs, towns, and the slave-trade.
⁂ The first is an account of the travels of two German Protestant missionaries in Ethiopia, including descriptions of customs, towns, and the slave-trade.
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