1885 TRAVELS in ETHIOPIA AFRICA in ITALIAN 6 FOLIO VOLUMES antique ILLUSTRATED

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Title: 1885 TRAVELS in ETHIOPIA AFRICA in ITALIAN 6 FOLIO VOLUMES antique ILLUSTRATED

Description: I miei trentacinque anni di missione nell alta Etiopia.
Memorie storiche.
by Massaja, G.
(My thirty-five years of missions in high Ethiopia. Historical memories)
12 parts in 6 volumes.
Rome, Tipografia Poliglotta, Milan, Tip. Pont. S. Giuseppe ; 1885-95
Folio: 10 by 13.5 inches
with numerous woodcut illustrations and maps.
216 pages, with 37 illustrations;
219 pages, with 32 illustrations;
220 pages, with 25 illustrations;
254 pp., with 22 illustrations;
213 pp., with 23 illustrations and 2 color maps;
200 pp., with 20 illustrations;
227 pp., with 24 illustrations;
222 pp., with 25 illustrations;
215 pp., with 29 illustrations;
214 pp., with 26 illustrations;
198 pp., with 24 illustrations;
287 pp., with 28 woodcut illustrations.
Original 3/4 cloth, spines with raised bands and titles in gilt.
Red edges.
Some wear of bindings, very good interior.
Text in Italian

The Capuchin Massaja (1809-1889) was a missionary in Ethiopia between 1846 and 1884 (a true apostle of the Galla people);
in 1884 he was appointed cardinal.
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1885 TRAVELS in ETHIOPIA AFRICA in ITALIAN 6 FOLIO VOLUMES antique ILLUSTRATED

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