| Ref No | EFP/094/1684/67 |
| Finding Number | AQ 094/1684/67 |
| Title | A new history of Ethiopia : 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 contained, I. An account of the nature, quality, and condition of the country; and inhabitants; ... II. Their political government; the genealogy and succession of their Kings; a description of their court, ... III. Their ecclesiastical affairs; their conversion to the Christian religion, and the propagation thereof, their sacred writings, ... IV. Their private oeconomy, their books and learning, their common names, ... Illustrated with copper plates. By the learned Job Ludolphus, ... The second edition. To which is added, a new and exact map of the country: as also, a preface, ... with the life of Gregorius Abba; ... Translated out of his learned manuscript commentary on this history. Made English, by J.P. Gent |
| Level | Item |
| Date | 1684 |
| Description | Historia Aethiopica. English
Text continuous despite pagination.; A reissue of the 1682 edition, with cancel title page, added preface, and map.; Identified as Wing L3469 on UMI microfilm set "Early English books, 1641-1700", reel 988.; Microfilm.; R7119.; Translation of: Historia Aethiopica. |
| Author | Ludolf, Hiob, 1624-1704; J. P, Gent, tr |
| Subject | Ethiopia; Ethiopia -- History |
| Physical Description | [38], 88, 151-370, 375-398 p., [11] leaves of plates : genealogical table, ill., table ; 2j. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | London : printed for Samuel Smith bookseller, at the Princes Arms in St. Paul's Church yard, 1684. |