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ELLIS, Rev William

Three Visits to Madagascar

Three Visits to Madagascar

during the years 1853-1854-1856. Including a journey to the capital with notices of the natural history of the country and the present civilisation of the people.

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London, Murray, 1858

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Ellis (1794-1871), was sent to Madagascar by the London Missionary Society to investigate the treatment of Christians on the island. The work contains much ethnographic and botanical information and is well illustrated from photographs. The author also includes an account of a stay at the Cape.

First edition. 8vo, xx, 470 pp., folding frontipiece, map, numerous woodcuts throughout, some full-page, contemporary red polished calf gilt, all edges gilt, a fine copy.

Grandidier 1633; Mendelssohn, I, 508.

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