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The work is particularly valuable for its painstaking description of the common people of northern Ethiopia
The work is particularly valuable for its painstaking description of the common people of northern Ethiopia
The work is particularly valuable for its painstaking description of the common people of northern Ethiopia
The work is particularly valuable for its painstaking description of the common people of northern Ethiopia

PEARCE, Nathaniel.

The Life and Adventures of Nathaniel Pearce, written by himself during a residence in Abyssinia from the years 1810 to 1819; together with Mr. Coffin's account of his visit to Gondar. Edited by J. J. Halls.

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830.

£2,250.00
£2,250.00

The Life and Adventures of Nathaniel Pearce,

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On the departure of Henry Salt in 1810, his servant Nathaniel Pearce remained in Ethiopia until 1819, becoming fluent in Tegrenya and Amharic. 'A down-to-earth account which has not received the attention it deserves. The work is particularly valuable for its painstaking description of the common people of northern Ethiopia' (Pankhurst).

First edition. 2 volumes 8vo, ix, 348; viii, 349 pp., occasional light spotting, original plum pebble-grained cloth, morocco labels, spines faded, a very good set.

Pankhurst, 13.

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The Life and Adventures of Nathaniel Pearce,

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