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[ETHIOPIA] – “LANDKAART VAN ABYSSINIE, door James Bruce”.
Handcol. engr. map with 4 small inset maps by J. van Jagen after J. Bruce. (Publ. in 1794). Ca. 45 x 42,5 cm.
¶ Rare late 18th-cent. map of Abessinia (Ethiopia) incl. a part of Arabia & the Red Sea. – Horizontal & vertical folds (as publ.), small tear in outer right margin strengthened with paper on verso, but else in good condition.