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[AFRICA]. SALT, Henry (1780-1827). A Voyage to Abyssinia, and Travels Into the Interior of that Country, Executed Under the Orders of the British Government, in the Years 1809 and 1810… London: F. C. and J. Rivington, 1814. 4to. Illustrated with 36 (of 37) maps and plates (this title is lacking The Chart of Annesley Bay). [xvi], [1]-506, i-lxxv, [1, blank] pp. Half-title present. Approximately 12 x 9 ¼". Bound in contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards (spine perished, boards nearly detached and heavily worn, text and plates toned, some occasional foxing, dampstaining, the hand-colored map (The General Map of Abyssinia) is neatly torn in half, but all both pieces are present). Fair. THE RARE FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER ISSUE. An important account of Salt's voyage to Abyssinia (modern-day Ethiopia). “A very interesting work by Salt, who later became associated with Egyptology as the employer of Belzoni, friend of Burckhardt, and the owner of three important collections of Egyptian antiquities ... He returned to Africa in 1809 on a government mission to establish contact with the King of Abyssinia which occupied him for two years. This work described these travels and the appendix contains vocabularies of various African dialects." (Blackmer). Blackmer 1479.