and the life and reign of King Theodore. With one hundred illustrations engraved from original sketches by the special artists and correspondents of The Illustrated London News ...
London, Illustrated London News Office, 1868
Rare. A well-illustrated account which collects the work of Simpson, Baigrie, and other artists and correspondents on the expedition.
First edition, folio, 78pp., tinted portrait frontispiece and half-title with portrait of Theodore, numerous engraved plates, original pictorial gilt red straight-grained cloth, bevelled edges, neat repairs to spine, lightly marked, a very good copy.
First edition, folio, 78pp., tinted portrait frontispiece and half-title with portrait of Theodore, numerous engraved plates, original pictorial gilt red straight-grained cloth, bevelled edges, neat repairs to spine, lightly marked, a very good copy.
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