An autograph volume describing travels on the Upper Nile, three years residence in Ethiopia and return via Khartoum. Highly detailed on local cusoms and cultures: Parkyns married an Ethiopian during his travels. These notes were later written up as Life in Abyssinia, being Notes collected during three years residence and travel in that country, 1853. Grant from the Esme Fairbairn Charitable Trust
Item Provenance
Phillips, November 2001, Lot 497