LUDOLF, HIOB. Ad suam historiam Aethiopicam . . . commentarius. 2 mezzotint portraits of Ludolf and his Ethiopian collaborator Abba Gregorius; 12 (instead of 9) engraved plates; folding map (Habessinia seu Abassia) dated 1683. [6], 30, [2], 632 pages, including leaf with binder's directions on recto and engraved portrait of the King of Abysinnia on verso. bound with his: Dissertatio de locustis anno praeterio immensa copia in Germania visis. Engraved text illustrations. [8], 88 pages. and his: Appendix ad Historiam Aethiopicam. 32 pages. and his: Historia Aethiopica; sive, Brevis et succinta descriptio regni Habessinorum, quod vulgo male Presbyteri Johannis vocatur. 8 engraved plates (but 3 of them bound in first work); 2 letterpress genealogical tables; lacks the map. [168] leaves. Together, 4 volumes in one, with extensive use of Ethiopic, Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, and Greek types. Folio, 325x199 mm, contemporary calf gilt with monogram B.C.R. on front cover, worn, portions of backstrip missing, white ink shelf number, joints cracked, cords intact; occasional browning of text, engraved matter generally clean, first work with St. Charles Borromeo Seminary stamp on title, accession number in blank lower margin of portrait of the author, and clean tear across 3E1, marginal dampstaining on index leaves in Historia Aethiopica. See also lot 115. Frankfurt am Main: Johann David Zunner, 1691; 1694; 1691; 1681