Brinde feast hosted by the Governor of Tigray, Abyssinia

Brinde feast held on September 25, 1805, by the Governor of Tigray, Abyssinia (Ethiopia), seated on a divan. The master of ceremonies holds a long staff, a fasting man holds up a cross, and a boy scavenges under the table. Female slaves bring teff bread dipped in chicken and mutton curry to seated men. Grand festin donne par le Ras de Tigre en Abyssinie. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1810. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1, 200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc. published from 1790-1830

1805 1810 Abyssinia Bilderbuch Fur Kinder Brind Carl Bertuch Chicken Curry Divan Encyclopedia Engraved Plates Ethiopia Friedrich Johann Bertuch Mutton Natural History Picture Book For Children Slaves

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