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ETHIOPIA -- LUDOLF, H. Ad suam historiam Aethiopicam antehac editam commentarius. Frankf., M. Jacquet for J.D. Zunner, 1691. (8), 30, (2), 626(=631), (1) pp. W. engr. ti-vign., 2 engr. mezzotint portrs. by E.C. Heiss (author & Abba Gregorius), 1 full-p. engr. portr. & 9 engr. (fold.) plates, a few text-ill. & some pp. printed in red & black (partly in Coptic). Fol. Cont. cf. w. raised bands. (Spine rubbed/dried out, extremities dam./worn, upper joint split, a bit foxed/browned in places).
First edition of one of the earliest and most important publications on Ethiopia. Hiob Ludolf (1624-1704) was the founder of the study of Ethiopic linguistics. When he was studying in Rome, he met an Ethiopian monk named Gregorious, who was the source of much of the material in this volume. - Brunet III, 1224; Graesse IV, 290-291.€ 700
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