- 3251
Poncet, Charles Jacques (d. 1708).
Estimate
700 - 1,000 GBP
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Description
- A voyage to Aethiopia, made in the year 1698, 1699, and 1700. London: for W[illiam] Lewis, 1709
12mo (156 x 92mm.), [12], 138, [2]pp., manuscript notes in English in the margins and on the rear flyleaves and pastedown, binding: contemporary panelled calf, spine gilt in compartments, binding worn
Provenance
"Didric Henricus a Buren", inscription on title-page
Literature
Hilmy II, p.126; Frederick J. Simoons, "Snow in Ethiopia: A Review of the Evidence", Geographical Review, 50, 3 (1960), 402-411
Catalogue Note
Poncet, a surgeon, was compelled to travel from Cairo to Ethiopia to treat the Emperor of Abyssinia and his son who were suffering from leprosy.