A New Text-Critical Introduction to Mashafa Berhan. With a Translation of Book I
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XII, [2], 158pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering and printer's device on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Printer's device on title-page. Remarkable work on Mashafa Berhan, a very valuable 15th century Ethiopic text, which has in recent years, been used by scholars to analyze Ethiopian ecclesiastical and civil history in the era of Emperor Zar'a Ya'qob (1438-1468). Ex-library copy with sticker on upper front cover, bookplate on inside of front board, and blind-stamp on title page. Minor sunning on spine and edges. Slight offsetting on endpapers. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition. g. Item #32722
ISBN: 9004037047
Price: $75.00