Prutky's Travels in Ethiopia and Other Countries.

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London: The Hakluyt Society, 1991. 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth. Gilt. Dustjacket (slightly rubbed). (xxviii, 548pp.). With frontisp., 4 full-page maps, and 1 facs. (Hakluyt Society Second Series, No. 174). NOTE: In 1751 Remedius Prutky, a Franciscan missionary, was appointed vice-prefect of a mission sent to Ethiopia in response to an invitation by the then emperor, Iyasu II.