SELLASSIÉ GuèbrèLivre Rare Book
1 434 résultats
1930réf. VBA-128Recueil sous couverture souple de 10 cartes (3 en couleurs) 38 x 28,5 cm. Pas de texte. Maisonneuve Frères, Paris, 1930
1834réf. 339031London: Hatchard & Son; and Seeley & Sons 1834. First edition. pp. xxii 371 xiv illustrated with a engraved fold-out map of Abyssinia 8 1/2 by 10 inches; image size circa 8 by 7 inches. 8vo. original cloth printed paper spine labelEx-library copy with de-accession rubberstamp in upper margin of title page partially obscuring first word in printed title; no other library markings. Moderate wear and fading on spine and extremities of covers half-inch chip to cloth at crown of spine few thin chips on edge of spine spine label is browned and nicked few soil marks to endpapers the engraved fold-out map has a three-inch closed tear at inner margin with early archival paper-tape mend on verso else a good to very good copy. First edition. pp. xxii 371 xiv illustrated with a engraved fold-out map of Abyssinia 8 1/2 by 10 inches; image size circa 8 by 7 inches. 8vo. "Gobat a Swiss Protestant missionary came to Ethiopia in 1829 and left in 1832. His travels took him from Massawa via Adegrat to Gondar. The author who participated in numerous disputations with Ethiopian priests gives a good description of life in Gondar and Adwa and interesting accounts of religious matters including. social customs. An introductory section contains extracts from the journal of Gobat's companion and fellow missionary Christian Kugler." Pankhurst 14. Pankhurst 14 Hatchard & Son; and Seeley & Sons unknown
1834réf. 339031London: Hatchard & Son; and Seeley & Sons 1834. First edition. pp. xxii 371 xiv illustrated with a engraved fold-out map of Abyssinia 8 1/2 by 10 inches; image size circa 8 by 7 inches. 8vo. original cloth printed paper spine labelEx-library copy with de-accession rubberstamp in upper margin of title page partially obscuring first word in printed title; no other library markings. Moderate wear and fading on spine and extremities of covers half-inch chip to cloth at crown of spine few thin chips on edge of spine spine label is browned and nicked few soil marks to endpapers the engraved fold-out map has a three-inch closed tear at inner margin with early archival paper-tape mend on verso else a good to very good copy. First edition. pp. xxii 371 xiv illustrated with a engraved fold-out map of Abyssinia 8 1/2 by 10 inches; image size circa 8 by 7 inches. 8vo. "Gobat a Swiss Protestant missionary came to Ethiopia in 1829 and left in 1832. His travels took him from Massawa via Adegrat to Gondar. The author who participated in numerous disputations with Ethiopian priests gives a good description of life in Gondar and Adwa and interesting accounts of religious matters including. social customs. An introductory section contains extracts from the journal of Gobat's companion and fellow missionary Christian Kugler." Pankhurst 14. Pankhurst 14 Hatchard & Son; and Seeley & Sons unknown books
1908réf. 009235Paris: Masson Et Cie Editeurs 1908 1908-1909. OVERSIZED. Vol. I: xviii 440pp portrait frontis-piece 16 plates 3 folding maps 85 gravures. Vol. II: xv 1 388pp 23 plates and 79 illustrations. Vol. III: The Atlas 1908. All are uniformly bound in red paper pages printed on fine glossy paper pages uncut in Volumes I & II occasional foxing binding loose in Vol. II with covers tearing at spine edges. From the personal collection of Dr. Brooks Ryder 1918-1995 graduate of Harvard College Harvard School of Public Health and Tufts Medical School. Known for his Public Health expertise overseas throughout East Africa and Indonesia. Masson Et Cie, Editeurs paperback
18131ère édition de la traduction, par Pierre François HENRY (1759-1833), de "Voyages and travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia and Egypt", publié en 1809 par le vicomte voyageur anglais George Annesley VALENTIA (Earl of Mountnorris, 1769-1844), relatant des voyages effectués en 1802-1806; préface du traducteur; glossaire; tableau généalogique du Pechouah. Exemplaire complet des 4 tomes reliés en 2 volumes, mais sans l'atlas du secrétaire et dessinateur de l'auteur Henry Salt annoncé. Français
réf. DADAX0192745352New unknown
1790réf. 40669Londres, , 1790-1792. 13 vol. in-8 de XV-356 pp., 304 pp., 346 pp., 368 pp., 370 pp., 371 pp., 402 pp., 396 pp., 405-(2) pp., 379 pp., (4)-361 pp., (4)-318 pp. ; 352 pp., basane marbrée, dos lisse orné, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge et de tomaison en maroquin vert (reliure de l'époque).
1814réf. 60635London: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington by W. Bulmer and Co 1814. First Edition. First printing. Quarto 32cm. Rebound in modern half marbled calf and marbled paper over boards titled in gilt on red leather spine label; modern brown endpapers; iii-xvi506lxxv1pp; 7 maps 5 folding one also hand-colored engraved by A. MacPherson after drawings by J. Outhett 27 plates and two in-text vignettes engraved by C. Heath after drawings by H. Salt and occasional relief diagrams. Errata to p.xvi. Former owner T. Bateman's stamp to title page. Lacking the half-title and the chart of Annesley Bay otherwise complete. A sturdy copy board edges gently rubbed slight dustiness to plate edges very occasional spots of foxing generally bright and fresh: Very Good. A handsome account of exploration in Ethiopia including depictions of notable nobles archaeological discoveries and hippopotamus hunting. Salt accompanied George Annesley on a tour of Egypt Ethiopia and India in 1802-06; following that he toured Ethiopia in 1809-1810 "as a quasi-official envoy under Canning's sponsorship marching from the Red Sea coast with an escort of 160 bearers to explore trade and diplomatic links with the Ethiopian emperor Wolde Selassie. Britain fearing a French alliance with Egypt wished to secure a port on the Red Sea. Salt carried out a little archaeology discovering at Aksum three large limestone tablets engraved with ancient Ethiopian inscriptions. Little came of the mission for the government but Salt earned over £1000 for the first edition of this book" HOWGEGO II S6. LOWNDES p.2180. Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington by W. Bulmer and Co unknown
1814réf. 60635London: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington by W. Bulmer and Co 1814. First Edition. First printing. Quarto 32cm. Rebound in modern half marbled calf and marbled paper over boards titled in gilt on red leather spine label; modern brown endpapers; iii-xvi506lxxv1pp; 7 maps 5 folding one also hand-colored engraved by A. MacPherson after drawings by J. Outhett 27 plates and two in-text vignettes engraved by C. Heath after drawings by H. Salt and occasional relief diagrams. Errata to p.xvi. Former owner T. Bateman's stamp to title page. Lacking the half-title and the chart of Annesley Bay otherwise complete. A sturdy copy board edges gently rubbed slight dustiness to plate edges very occasional spots of foxing generally bright and fresh: Very Good. A handsome account of exploration in Ethiopia including depictions of notable nobles archaeological discoveries and hippopotamus hunting. Salt accompanied George Annesley on a tour of Egypt Ethiopia and India in 1802-06; following that he toured Ethiopia in 1809-1810 "as a quasi-official envoy under Canning's sponsorship marching from the Red Sea coast with an escort of 160 bearers to explore trade and diplomatic links with the Ethiopian emperor Wolde Selassie. Britain fearing a French alliance with Egypt wished to secure a port on the Red Sea. Salt carried out a little archaeology discovering at Aksum three large limestone tablets engraved with ancient Ethiopian inscriptions. Little came of the mission for the government but Salt earned over £1000 for the first edition of this book" HOWGEGO II S6. LOWNDES p.2180. Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington by W. Bulmer and Co unknown books
réf. 35040Datation: XVIIIéme siècle - Langue: Ge'ez - Codicologie: Parchemin; 15 x15 x4,5 cm - 2 col.; 16-17 lg.; 83 folios - Reliure : Le premier plat est un ais de bois simple - Le second est une simple pièce de cuir, attachée au premeir plat et venant recouvrir le codex - Un trou dans le coin supérieur du cuir permet d'attacher une ficelle qui s'enroule autour du ais de bois, assurant la fermeture de l'ensemble - Etat de conservation dégradé -
1885Roma, Milano, Tip. S. Giuseppe, 1885/1895. In-4to grande (cm. 34 x 24,5) dodici (12) volumi in 4 tomi, mezza tela coeva, tit. oro al dorso, complessivamente, pp. XIV, 216 ; 219 ; 220 ; 245 ; 213 ; 200 ; 227 ; 221 ; 236 ; 214 ; 198 ; 287. Testo inquadrato in doppio filetto, con grandi capilettera figurati, testate e finali. Numerosissime illustrazioni xilografiche nel testo, ritratto del Cardinal Massaja, e 2 carte geografiche, a doppia pag. della part Nord e Sud dell'Etiopia. Una vera enciclopedia sulla storia ed i costumi dell'impero etiopico, con una inedita fino ad allora parte iconografica (vedute, costumi, flora, fauna, ecc.).
1857réf. PHO-1840Paris : Arthus Bertrand, 1857, Atlas in-folio, sous carton, comprenant 52 planches (55), cartes et vues, rousseurs, cartes brunies, certaines ébarbées avec bordure salie, manque la page de titre, la liste des planches et 3 gravures (7,47,49) Les planches sont lithographiées par Bayot, Ciceri, Jacottet, Sabatier et Vogt d'après des épreuves daguerriennes et les dessins de Caraguel et Bridet, en deux tons et une, la 50, est en noir sur chine collé.
18854 [12 voll. In 4 tomi] 32.8x23.1 cm., XIV, 216 ; 219 ; 220 ; 245 ; 213 ; 200 ; 227 ; 221 ; 236 ; 214 ; 198 ; 287 pp., ritratto di Leone XIII all'antiporta del primo volume e ritratto dell'Autore all'inizio del primo capitolo, due carte geografiche a colori ripiegate alla fine del quarto volume, raffiguranti la parte Nord e Sud dell'Etiopia e incise sotto la direzione di Antoine d'Abbadie a Parigi nel 1886, 288 incisioni xilografiche in b/n incise da Canedi, raffiguranti vedute, scene di vita quotidiana, trib? locali, costumi, etc., frontespizi con titolo entro ricchissima bordura ornata e incisa su legno, testo inquadrato da doppia filettatura, solida legatura in mezza pergamena di inizi '900, al dorso titoli in oro su tassello, titoli sbiaditi, ma ottimo esemplare Prima edizione della relazione del Massaja sulle sue missioni evangelizzatrici africane, il pi? ampio testo ottocentesco sull'Etiopia e l'Abissinia, eccezionale miniera di informazioni etnografiche e topografiche sull'Africa Orientale. Cfr. CLIO, IV, p. 2906.
189112 voll. in 4 , cm 25 x 34, pp. (2) + XIV + 216 + (2); pp. (2) + 220 + (2); pp. (2) + 220 + (2); pp. (2) + 254 + (2); pp. (2) + 214 + (4); pp. (2) + 200 + (2); pp. (2) + 228 + (2); pp. (2) + 222 + (4); pp. (2) + 236 + (2); pp. (2) + 214 + (4); pp. (2) + 198 + (4); pp. (2) + 288 + (2), con centinaia di illustrazioni xilografiche nel testo, mancano le due carte geografiche. Mezza tela coeva con danni riparati in particolare alle cerniere. Pochi segni d'uso ai piatti. Guglielmo Massaja fu nominato vicario apostolico da papa Gregorio XVI nel 1846. Svolse il suo vicariato presso la popolazione etiopica dei Galla, che stanziavano a nord dell'Etiopia. Guglielmo dovette risalire il Nilo e attraversare il deserto per raggiungerla, e vi passo' 35 anni di missione. Il suo apostolato vide molte altre spedizioni, pellegrinaggi, prigionie e esili. Massaja si adopero' anche nella cura del vaiolo prendendo il soprannome "Padre del Fantata'".
réf. 49706Rouen.Imprimerie de Espérance Cagniard.1886.In-4 demi-relié.347 p.+ Table des Matières.Demi-percaline verte d'époque avec caractères dorés.BE.Rares rousseurs.Soleillet était le compagnon de voyage de Rimbaud.
1699In -folio, due voll.; pp. XVI, 664 colonne numerate (i.e. 332 pp.), (44); (12), 184, (8); pelle con titoli al dorso, tagli rossi. Le due opere sono in seconda edizione accresciuta (notevolmente accresciuta nel caso del Lexicon). Lacuna marginale sulla colonna 10 e 11 del Lexicon (non tocca il testo). Il tedesco Ludolf fu il primo a occuparsi in maniera sistematica di studi sull’Etiopia: in maniera pionieristica per l’epoca decise di allestire un dizionario e una grammatica di quella lingua, fatto che, per le lingue nord africane, non si sarebbe diffuso prima della fine del XIX secolo. These two works consist of a second major edition. A small corner of the page is missing on “Lexicon”’s 10 and 11 columns (the text is still readable). German Ludolf was the first to dedicate his interests to Ethiopia, and quite in a pionerisitic way completed a dictionary and a grammar in that language; a fact that would not be common until the end of the XIX century.
réf. DADAX0714125393New unknown
réf. 113250Addis Ababa 1941. . Small 4to; a proclamation dated 5/8/41 establishing criminal tribunals and 17 legal notices various dates in 1941 varying in length from single leaves to 6 pages versions published both in English and Italian typed index at the beginning cloth-backed card wrappers wear to spine a very good copy. A rare series of legal notices published during World War II by the British Military setting out laws to be observed in Ethiopia after the British and their allies seized control of the region from the Italians who had taken control in 1936. Subjects include the sale of alcohol and drugs police discipline infectious diseases curfews and even distribution of icecream. The East African Campaign also known as the Abyssinian Campaign was fought in East Africa during the Second World War by the Allied Powers mainly from the British Empire against Italy and its colony of Italian East Africa between June 1940 and November 1941. The British restored Haile Sellasie I who had been ousted by the Italians and under his authority established criminal courts and published these notices. Rare. We only find reference to these notices in the British Library Reference collection and they do not name which exact notices are present. Addis Ababa, 1941. hardcover
réf. 20503XVIIIème ou début XIXème. Ais de bois, sans cuir, plats et dos à nu. in-8 de 294 pages manuscrites, texte en 2 couleurs (encre noire et rouge) sur parchemin (peau de chèvre) avec 6 peintures a pleine page, bandeaux décoratifs, marge extérieure percée d'une rangée de petits trous d'aiguille dans lequels on pouvait insérer des fils de différentes couleurs servant de marque page, petits manques en marge de 1 feuillet, sans perte de texte, patine dans les marges, petites coupures recousues dans la marge de 3 feuillets.
1915réf. 508297N.P. 1915. Hardcover. NEAR FINE. An extraordinary portfolio of early 20th-century photographs of Ethiopia featuring eight large-format scenes from a Coptic Orthodox wedding in addition to eight 3x5 photos of Ethiopian children. The wedding photos depict a very formal liturgical ceremony with the bride and groom in ornate robes and crowns attended by priests acolytes deacons cantors and other ecclesiastics in fine vestments carrying the sacred liturgical items including many golden crosses and a richly ornamented Holy Gospel. One photo of the long procession shows a great crowd of attendees dressed in white robes. A previous dealer's description of this porfolio speculates that the great pomp of this ceremony might indicate that it was a royal wedding perhaps even the marriage of Esther Akhnoukh and Fahmy Bey Wissa described by the English Ethnographer S. H. Leeder. But in Leeder's own account he notes that the crowns and regalia are the property of the church a communal holding and the wearing of which is the right and privilege of all baptised faithful for one day in their lives. Photos mounted on original 11x14' mattes with just a bit of rubbing and toning to the extremities one photo with a tiny dampstain to the margin otherwise all photos are FINE entirely clean and sharp. The 3x5' photos of children are mounted four to a matte. These photos show children in joyful poses particularly showcasing their hairstyles one of which includes a oder girl with a large water gourd; two of the photos show children being swarmed by flies. The phtographer is unnamed but there are a fairly limited number of possibilities. It was almost certainly purchased by Rosenberg on his Travelling fellowship around 1921 putting the date of the actual photos sometime in the previous decade. Prior to the Italian invasion in the 30's Ethiopia was not an easy place to access and was simply not a destination for European travellers making professional photo-documentations of it far less common than its neighbor Egypt in the same time period. One tempting and plausible source would be one of the photographers of the Enno Littman-led 'Deutsche Aksum Expedition' which included extensive ethnographic investigations in the course of their larger mission of investigating the archaeological sites of the Kingdom of Aksum in northern Ethiopia and Eritrea. A noted Semiticist Littman lived among the Tigre people of Eritrea for a year before directing the Aksum expedition doing research for later linguistic and ethnographic publications including 'Tales Customs Names and Dirges of the Tigre Tribes' which includes ample descriptions of religious ceremony. Housed in a contemporary 11x16' portfolio sold by C. Roberson of London half black cloth over printed paste paper and ties to all three sides with moderate wear to the extremities and French liquor labels to the endpapers. With owner's label to the rear cover ex-libris Louis Conrad Rosenberg a noted architect whose 171 etchings and architectural illustrations and renderings have been archived in the University of Oregon Special Collections Division. After serving in the US Army and American Expeditionary Force during WWI Rosenberg joined the factulty of the University of Oregon. He and his wife Marie Louise Allen of Portland took advantage of a Traveling Fellowship granted by the UO and travelled extensively throughout the Mediterranean and the Levant for 2 years beginning in 1920. N.P. hardcover
1900réf. K3ME5C11OCGBLondon: Harrison and sons 1900. Bound as sewn. Folio. With a folding lithographed map with some coloured details. Diplomatic document presented to the Houses of Parliament on the trade of the Ethiopian cities Addis Ababa and Harar. It includes many letterpress tables showing imported and exported tradeware its quantities prices and origin occasionally with some other remarks. The maps shows various trade routes from the two cities to other cities towns and ports. In very good condition. Harrison and sons, unknown
1898Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Modern full morocco in Ottoman traditional style. Roy. 8vo. (25 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 119 p., 15 unnumbered b/w plates, and 1 color double-paged map of Northwest Africa and the Sahara Desert. First and only edition of this exceedingly rare book of Sahara and other territories of North Africa, written by Sadik El-Müeyyed, including his surviving report and travel account written to be presented to the Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II. It's a reference text that specifies the military and the political measures of the Sahara exploration, gives extensive information about the Benghazi region of Tripoli and about Muhammad al-Senusi, the leader of the Senûsî (Senussi) movement there, and his followers. With the impressive and enthusiastic expression of Sadik el-Müeyyed's descriptions, this work reveals not only the affairs of the Ottoman government but also the mysteries of the journeys that have taken months in the Sahara desert, uncovers the living standards of the desert peoples, and sheds light on an unknown aspect of the North African history. Özege 132.; Not in Kursun.
1885In-4 gr. (mm. 340x245), 12 volumi in 6 tomi, mz. pergam. coeva (piatti con qualche abras.), tit. oro su tassello al dorso, pp. compl. 2.717, testo inquadrato in doppio filetto, ornato da elaborati grandi capilettera figur. a vignetta, testate e finali; con numerosiss. xilografie nel t., incluso il ritratto del Cardinal Massaja, e con 2 carte geografiche, a doppia pag., della part Nord e Sud dell’Etiopia. E' questa l'opera piu' importante sulla storia ed i costumi dell'impero etiopico, redatta (su istanza di Leone XIII) dal missionario ed esploratore astigiano Guglielmo Massaja (1809-1886), nominato cardinale nel 1884. Di grande interesse la parte iconografica (carte geografiche, vedute, costumi, ritratti, scene di vita del popolo, flora, fauna, ecc.). "Prima edizione". Cfr. CLIO,IV, p.2906. Solo un vol. con tracce d’uso e lievi arross., altrim. esemplare ben conservato.
1863réf. 162461Ethiopia: c. 1863. A duplicitous envoy at the heart of the Abyssinian court Two sketches attributed to M. Bardel a French diplomat who befriended Emperor Tewodros II in the build-up to the Abyssinia Expedition. They show an Ethiopian's head in profile as a mock-up for a cannon engraving and Bardel dressed in the emperor's armour. When Charles Cameron British consul to Abyssinia arrived in the country in 1862 he was accompanied by one Bardel a Frenchman who was assumed to be his secretary. A dispute led the the two to part ways after which Bardel entered the service of the emperor. Keen to deepen his European connections Tewodros entrusted Bardel to carry a letter to Napoleon III. However the Frenchman never received an audience and returned with a likely forged reply telling Tewodros that Napoleon did not approve of his erratic and often violent actions. He also informed Tewodros of uncomplimentary journal entries written by the Anglican missionary Henry Aaron Stern. This combined with the emperor's growing mistrust of Europeans and anger at being snubbed by their royal houses led him to order the arrest and torture of Cameron Stern and all other Europeans in 1864. The treatment of the prisoners resulted in the 1868 British expedition to Abyssinia led by Charles Napier. The captions on the first sketch read "Abyssian sic Head & the way they part their hair" and "This was done by Mr. Bardel for King Theodore & was a design of a warrior to be engraved on the celebrated big gun as per instructions in French he was rewarded by a present of 10 cows but the design was never carried out - June 1868". There are reports that Tewodros had the words "Theodore the Scourge of the Peverse" inscribed on his cannon. The captions on the second sketch read "Abyssian sic native prisoner being led to execution" and "Mr Bardel dressed in King Theodore's armour". Two ink sketches with brown watercolour on paper 89 x 65 mm and 133 x 70 mm each mounted on larger sheet 145 x 255 mm and 172 x 253 mm. Contemporary ink and pencil captions paper slip with contemporary manuscript ink caption affixed onto one sheet. Foxing and toning larger sheets chipped along one edge: very good. unknown
1790réf. 1211790 Hôtel de Thou puis Plassan [Panckoucke], Paris, 1790-1792. 6 volumes dont un d'atlas, 21 x 26 cm (R), in-4°, (I) 2 ffnc + viii pp. + 620 pp., (II) 2 ffnc + 784 pp., (III) 2 ffnc + 858 pp., (IV) 2 ffnc + 752 pp., (V) 2 ffnc + 328 pp. + clxiii pp., (Atlas) 2 ffnc (page de titre et liste des planches du tome V) + 3 grandes cartes repliées (sur 4) + 65 planches à simple page + 19 planches à double page, soit 87 planches sur les 88 que compte normalement l'ouvrage, reliure moderne en pleine basane prune, dos à nerfs ornés, toutes tranches rognées.
