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PORTAL, Gerald

An account of the English Mission

to King Johannis of Abyssinia in 1887.

Stock Code
101491
Winchester, Privately Printed, Warren and Son, 1888
£650

Rare privately printed edition.

In 1887 Portal was ordered to attempt a reconciliation between the King of Abyssinia and the Italian Government, following a skirmish in which 450 Italian troops were killed. His mission was almost impossible, but he showed rare judgement and coolness in travelling through a disturbed country. This book was privately printed the following year.

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First edition. 8vo, [viii], 123 pp., original green cloth blocked and lettered in black, light toning, lightly rubbed, a very good copy.

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