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Record Nr.

UNISA996390690003316

Autore

Ludolf Hiob <1624-1704.>

Titolo

A new history of Ethiopia [[electronic resource] ] : being a full and accurate description of the kingdom of Abessinia, vulgarly, though erroneously, called the empire of Prester John : in four books : wherein are containing, I. an account of the nature, quality, and condition of the country, and inhabitants, their mountains, metals, and minerals, their rivers, (particularly, of the source of the Nile and Niger) ... &c. : II. their political government ... &c. : III. their ecclesiastical affairs, their conversion to the Christian religion ... their sacred writings ... &c. : IV. their private economy, their books and learning, their common names, their diet, marriages, and polygamies, their mechanick arts and trades ... &c. : illustrated with copper plates / / by the learned Job Ludolphus ... ; to which is added, a new and exact map of the country ... with the life of Gregorius Abba, and the author's opinion of some other writers concerning Ethiopia ... ; made English by J.P. Gent

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Samuel Smith ..., 1684

Descrizione fisica

[38], 88, 151-370, 373-398 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., chart, map

Altri autori (Persone)

J. P, Gent

Soggetti

Ethiopia Description and travel Early works to 1800

Ethiopia History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in Cambridge University Library.

Pages 164-165 lacking.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0021