RARE French translation of an autobiography of the protestant missionary Samuel Gobat, who was the protestant Bishop of Jerusalem, as well as the author of a travel journal to Ethiopia. Contains 10 b&w plates. 220x145mm. VI+438 pages (+2). Green cloth embossed Hardcover. Gilt lettering on front cover. Gilt lettering and floral decorations on spine. Text block edges dyed red. Cover slightly stained. Cover corners and spine edges slightly bumped and worn. Cover edges and spine hinges rubbed. Humidity stain on frontispiece and pages 424-428. Pen inscription and stamp on title page and on index of illustrations. Page V/VI fore edge slightly tattered. Page VII coming loose from binding. Binding visible between front whitepage and frontispiece, and between two last pages (438 and unpaginated contents page). Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This invaluable source of information on Ethiopia and Jerusalem in the last quarter of 19th-century is otherwise in good condition.