1175-22 DE COSSON, E[milius] A[lbert]. The Cradle of the Blue Nile. A visit to the court of King John of Ethiopia. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 162 - Rare First Edition / Seltene Erstausgabe. Das vorliegende Exemplar jew. mit dem Etikett "The Gift of The Honorable the Irish Society London 18.." auf dem vorderen Spiegel. Der biographisch kaum fassbare Emilius Albert De Cosson schreibt im Vorwort: "In the following pages I have endeavoured to describe a visit that I paid to the court of this remarkable Prince, during a journey I made through Abyssinia and Upper Nubia in 1873. [...] My journey [...] was undertaken solely for my own amusement [...]." (I, IV-V). | ||||||