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A new history of Ethiopia. : Being a full and accurate description of the kingdom of Abessinia. Vulgarly, though erroneously, called the Empire of Prester John. In four books. Wherein are contained, I. An account of the nature, quality, and condition of the country; and inhabitants; ... II. Their political government; the genealogy and succession of their Kings; a description of their court, ... III. Their ecclesiastical affairs; their conversion to the Christian religion, and the propagation thereof, their sacred writings, ... IV. Their private oeconomy, their books and learning, their common names, ... Illustrated with copper plates. By the learned Job Ludolphus, ... The second edition. To which is added, a new and exact map of the country: as also, a preface, ... with the life of Gregorius Abba; ... Translated out of his learned manuscript commentary on this history. Made English, by J.P. Gent