Folio, title, text of plates, chromolithographed dedication to the Queen; 26 tinted lithographs after Martin Bernatz and the author. Portrait of the author, in original blind-stamped brown cloth lettered in gilt direct, housed together with a separate suite of 28 additional hand-coloured lithographic plates, mounted on card with a ruled border, loose as issued. Preserved in a modern quarter brown morocco-backed cloth box. RARE set of views. Bernatz, the artist attached to the expedition, himself brought out 2 vols of views in 1852. Coloured plates in order: All plates are untitled. 1. A pair of women in local dress. 2. Tribesmen seated under a tree. 3. Local tribesmen following a camel train. 4. Two young girls in local dress. 5. Birds by a lake. 6-7. Portraits of two local women. 8. Two young girls (shepherdesses) with their sheep. 9. Women are bathing by a river. 10-11. Portraits of a young tribesman with a bow and arrow and a local girl. 12. Two women, one older than the other. 13. Local tribesman in his hunting dress. 14. A local ceremony of significance. 15. King (?) on horseback in full ceremonial dress, attended by two servants. 16. Local tribal Chief sitting on a chair. 17. A pair of Tribesmen with spears and shields, knives, etc. 18-19. Portraits of two young tribesmen posing in their hunting dresses. 20. A local battle between two tribes, watched by dignitaries. 21. Huge gathering of tribes for a local ceremony. 22. Typical tribal housing. 23. Interior of a hut, with animals and cooking pots, etc. 24. A pair of women in special dresses. 25. Two tribesmen posing with their shields and spears. 26. A special ceremony or custom. 27. Local village. 28. Tribesmen gathering wood. 29. British consuls sit before the Court of Shoa.