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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.

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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.

Publisher

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

Uniform title

Historia Aethiopica.

Date

1684.

Record Identifier

74VvZb6jp7zd

MMS ID

991004726079702626

Language

English

Latin

(Language of original)

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Physical content

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

Publication information

Publisher

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

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1684.

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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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, the...

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General note

Reproduction of original in Cambridge University Library.

Pages 164-165 lacking.

Citation / References Note

Wing L3469.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/57.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 988:6)

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74VvZb6jp7zd

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MMS ID

991004726079702626