ISENBERG, Karl Wilhelm and Johann Ludwig KRAPF.
Journals of the Rev. Messrs. Isenberg and Krapf, missionaries of the Church Missionary Society, detailing their proceedings in the kingdom of Shoa, and journeys in other parts of Abyssinia, in the years 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842 ...
London, Seeley, Burnside, and Seeley, 1843.
8vo, pp. xxvii, [1 (blank)], 95 [1 (blank)], 529, [1]; with 2 folding maps by Arrowsmith (a few repairs to versos); small marginal holes to first few leaves, quire T coming loose; overall very good in original dark brown cloth by Westleys & Clark, spine lettered in gilt with price, covers blocked in blind, pale yellow endpapers; some wear to extremities and discolouring to lower board; inscription to front endpaper ‘M.A.H. Littlewood presented by her very affectionate Papa on her birthday 1845'.
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Journals of the Rev. Messrs. Isenberg and Krapf, missionaries of the Church Missionary Society, detailing their proceedings in the kingdom of Shoa, and journeys in other parts of Abyssinia, in the years 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842 ...
First edition of this account of travels in Ethiopia by the German missionaries and linguists Krapf (1810-81) and Isenberg (1806-84), opening with ‘a geographical memoir on eastern and central Africa’, followed by sections on the ‘journey from Zeila to Ankobar’, ‘residence at Ankobar’, and ‘journey from Ankobar to Massowah’. Krapf arrived in Ethiopia in 1837 where he joined Isenberg, ‘who had been in Tigre since 1835. Here he made his first long overland journey and set out to master the Cushitic speech of the Oromo people ... However, opposition from local Ethiopian priests soon forced the missionaries to leave the country. Isenberg and Krapf went south and established themselves at Shoa between June and November 1839. The former returned to England soon after, but Krapf remained in Shoa until March 1842 when he removed to Cairo’ (Howgego).
