Bruce, J. Cartes et figures du voyage en Nubie et en Abyssinie
Paris, Plassan, 1792. Atlas vol. only of Bruce's Voyage aux sources du Nil, en Nubie et en Abyssinie. Title vignette, 3 fold. engr. maps and 88 plates depicting a.o. the flora and fauna of the region, Egyptian art and the Ethiopian language. Hvellum w. manuscript title on spine. 4to.
Ex libris upper pastedown. Waterst., some mouldy spots. With his work, the Scottish explorer James Bruce (1730-1794) provided some of the earliest descriptions of Abyssinia (present-day Ethiopia), concentrating especially its natural history.