Six books by the German orientalist Job Ludolf (1624-1704), bound in one volume – a dissertation about the food of the Israelites in the desert and books dealing with Ethiopia and the Amharic language. Frankfurt Am Main: Johannem David Zunnerum, 1693-1702. Latin and a little Hebrew.
1. Relatio nova de hodierno Habesiniae statu, ex India nuper allata. 1693. With an engraving on the title page and an engraved portrait of the author.
32 pp.
2. Dissertatio de locvstis... cibo Israëlitarum in deserto… [Dissertation about Locust … the Food of the Israelites in the Desert …]. 1694. Latin and a little Hebrew. Dissertation in which Ludolf tries to prove that the Israelites fed on locust during their journeys in the desert. With engravings.
[4] leaves, 88 pp.
3. Lexicon Aethiopico-Latinum… [Ethiopian-Latin Lexicon…]. 1699. Second edition.
[9]leaves, 664 columns, [22] leaves.
4. Grammatica Aethiopica… [Ethiopian Grammar…]. 1702. Second edition.
[6] leaves, 184 pp, [4] leaves.
5. Grammatica Linguae Amharicae… [The Grammar of the Amharic Language …]. 1698.
[5] leaves, 59, [1] pp.
6. Seu Lexicon Amharico-Latinum… [Amharic-Latin Lexicon…]. 1698.
[2] leaves, 103 columns, [8] leaves.
All six books are bound together in a 31.5 cm volume. Good condition. Stains. Minor tears and blemishes. Open tear to the margins of one of the leaves. Little pieces of paper are mounted on the margins of five of the title pages of the books. Several stamps. Stains and blemishes to binding.