WINSTANLEY, William.

A Visit to Abyssinia.

An Account of Travel in Modern Ethiopia.

Stock Code 96097

London: Hurst and Blackett, 1881

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Winstanley was a British officer of the Queen's Own Hussars who entered Ethiopia from the west around 1880. Travelling from the frontier market town of Galabat to Lake Tana he visited Dabra Tabor before leaving by the same route. His reminiscences contain brief passages on Emperor Yohannes IV and several members of his court as well as some information on churches, markets, and social customs.

First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo., xi, 310; viii, 307, [v] pp., 16 pages ads at end, original purple cloth gilt, light fading to spines, light foxing, small chip to front free endpaper, a very good copy.

Pankhurst 59.

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Provenance: Humphrey Winterton (book label).

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