PLOWDEN, Walter Chichele.

Travels in Abyssinia and the Galla country

with an account of the mission to Ras Ali in 1848.

Stock Code 101325

London, Longmans, 1868

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Rare. Plowden, appointed British Consul in 1848, served first at Masawa and later in the interior where he befriended Ras Ali and later Emperor Téwodros. Plowden died of injuries received in a conflict and was buried at Gondar, with the Emperor avenging his death. This posthumous account is valuable for its information on the various social classes, and the author's observations on such sports as riding and fishing.

First edition. 8vo, xv, 485 pp., folding map, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, neatly rebacked preserving spine, a very good copy.

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