East Africa Abyssinia Red Sea Ethiopia Somalia Nile River 1719 Mallet map Travel & Adventure Tabula digesta ad Libros Macchabeorum

Tabula digesta ad Libros Macchabeorum

Foundling Hospital

john Absolon

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East Africa Abyssinia Red Sea Ethiopia Somalia Nile River 1719 Mallet map Travel & Adventure Tabula digesta ad Libros MacchabeorumEmpire de Abissins Comme Il Est Presentement. (Old Prints, Mallet Prints, 18th Century Prints, Africa, East Africa, Empire of Abyssinia, Red Sea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Nile River). Issued 1719, Frankfurt, for A. M. Mallet. Charming 18th century copper engraved print with lovely hand color. The image has a near folk art feel, a style unique to this historical era. Utterly unlike anything produced today and of modern aesthetic appeal for this reason.