LUDOLF (Hiob). New history of Abissinia, or Ethiopia, taken from the Latin history of Mr. Ludolf. Paris : widow A. Cellier, 1684. - In-12, 147 x 84 : (10 ff.), 275 pp., (14 ff.), 1 map, 5 plates. Tan calf, gilt arms in the center of the boards, spine decorated with gilt arms, marbled edges (18th century binding). Fumagalli, Bibliografia etiopica, 1431. First edition of the French translation of the work of the German orientalist and philologist Hiob Ludolf (1624-1704) first published in Latin in 1681. This translation includes only the Ethiopian history, without the commentary and some elements related to religion. It is attributed to Des Jauneau or Destaureaux, professor of mathematics at the college of Cambrai. The edition is illustrated with a map and five folding plates, the latter representing plants and animals. Copy in a slightly later binding, WITH THE ARMS OF THE COUNTESS OF VERRUE. Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes, countess of Verruë (1670-1736), was not only a great collector of paintings and art objects, but also one of the greatest bibliophiles of her time. Her library, divided between Paris and Meudon, included about 18,000 volumes. Her books are generally bound in morocco of various colors or in calfskin, and bear her arms on the boards and on the spine the symbols of the lion and the macles recalling the arms of Albert de Luynes and Rohan. Beginning of a crack at the hinge of the first plate. Corners slightly dulled. Tears without missing from the map. Provenance: Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes, Countess de Verrue, with her arms and pieces of arms (cat. 1737, p. 51). - Simon, with signature on the title. - Count Gayardon de Fenoyl, with heraldic ex-libris.