Historia Aethiopica 9781463225063

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Historia Aethiopica

Historia Aethiopica

Volume 2

Hiob Ludolf

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gorgias press 2010

Gorgias Press LLC, 954 River Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA www.gorgiaspress.com Copyright © 2010 by Gorgias Press LLC Originally published in 1681-1694 All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise without the prior written permission of Gorgias Press LLC. 2010

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1 ISBN 978-1-61719-009-4 Reprinted from the 1681-1694 Frankfort edition.

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