{"product_id":"bruce-james-travels-into-abyssinia-abridged-edition-1812","title":"Bruce, James – Travels into Abyssinia – Abridged Edition, [1812]","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBRUCE, James.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTravels,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBetween the Years 1765 and 1773, through Part of Africa, Syria, Egypt, and Arabia, into Abyssinia, to Discover the Source of the Nile… Being the Substance of the Original Work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e London: Albion Press; published by J. and J. Cundee, Ivy-Lane, Paternoster-Row, \u003cspan class=\"text-token-text-primary cursor-text rounded-sm\"\u003e[1812]\u003c\/span\u003e. 8vo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA single-volume abridgement of James Bruce’s celebrated account of his travels through North-East Africa and Abyssinia in search of the source of the Nile. Bruce reached Gondar in 1770 and later visited the springs of the Blue Nile, publishing his full account in five quarto volumes in 1790.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis more accessible edition preserves the principal episodes of Bruce’s journey together with accounts of Abyssinian society, government, religion and customs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e21 × 13.5 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBinding rubbed and marked, with wear to the extremities; gilt lettering remains clear. Boards a little worn but firmly attached. Olive green endpapers intact. Internally toned throughout, with handling wear to several pages, spotting and occasional marks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe publisher’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDirections for placing the Plates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e calls in this copy for a portrait, vignette title and five subject plates. The portrait, vignette title and four subject plates are present; lacking only \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCanga, or Boat Used on the Nile\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, called for at p. 51.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBibliographical Note\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe title page is undated; the Cundee issue is conventionally dated \u003cspan class=\"text-token-text-primary cursor-text rounded-sm\"\u003e[1812]\u003c\/span\u003e. The publisher’s directions in this copy call for five subject plates, an arrangement also found in the British Library’s 1817 reissue of the same 486-page text.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReferences\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBritish Library, 1817 S. Russell reissue of the same 486-page recension, ALMA 990180642990109251.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reservoir Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57997252788606,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/4464\/8318\/files\/IMG_0136_d0a0807c-8936-4f00-8ae6-b0fa0c78c3c6.jpg?v=1789163758","url":"https:\/\/reservoirbooks.store\/products\/bruce-james-travels-into-abyssinia-abridged-edition-1812","provider":"Reservoir Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}