The Prester John of the Indies : a true relation of the lands of the Prester John, being the narrative of the Portuguese embassy to Ethiopia in 1520 / written by Francisco Alvares; the translation of Lord Stanley of Alderley (1881) rev. and edited with additional material by G.F. Beckingham and G.W.B. Huntingford. Completed in 2 volumes
1961, First Edition. Cambridge : Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press. Fine cloth copies in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #390074
Physical description: 2 volumes : illustrations, maps (part folded, 1 in pocket of v.2) ; 23 cm. Notes: Bibliography: v. 2, p. 587-593. Subjects: Prester John. ALVARES, Francisco.
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