Author

BLANFORD, W[illiam] T[homas].

Title

Observations on the geology and zoology of Abyssinia,
made during the progress of the British expedition to that country in 1867-68.

Published, Date

Macmillan, London1870.

Description

First edition. 8vo., xii, 488pp., folding tinted lithograph frontispiece, 12 plates including 6 coloured lithographs bird plates by Keulemans, folding coloured map, original green cloth gilt, small piece of paper pasted to verso of frontispiece else a fine copy. Provenance: Pinchinthorpe House, Guisborough bookplate, (home of big-game hunter and author, Sir A. E. Pease, 1857-1939), with a posthumous inscription to verso of half-title dated 1940 attesting to the book being from his library.

Note

A valuable work by the noted geologist and zoologist. Blanford was attached to the Abyssinian Expedition in 1867 and accompanied the troops to Magdala. The plates by Keulemans are very attractive and feature six species which were new to science.

References

Nissen ZBI, 406; Anker 44.

Stock Number

73699