Abyssinians resting on a march (Ethiopia). Group of men in white robes and black sheepskins, armed with spears and shields. From Voyages and Travels by George Annesley, Viscount Valentia, and artist Henry Salt, 1809. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1810. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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