75/2651 [Biblia aethiopica]. (The four Gospels). London, publ. unread, 1824, (307 (of 309))p., printed in Amharic in black and red, contemp. plain boards, sm. 4to.

- Probably lacks the first leaf w. the Latin title. Rebacked w. cloth; covers worn.

= The very rare first translation into Amharic of the New Testament. Darlow/ Moule 1556: "Translated into Amharic by Abu Rumi, an Abyssinian monk, under the supervision of M. Asselin de Cherville, the French Consul at Cairo. The translation was made from the Arabic corrected by the Vulgate, with collateral help from the Hebrew, Greek and Syriac. Edited by T. P. Platt (1798-1852) (...)." The collation given by Darlow/ Moule suggests that the Latin title is absent from our copy.