Excerpt from A Catalogue of the Ethiopic Biblical Manuscripts in the Royal Library of Paris, and in the Library of the British and Foreign Bible Society: Also Some Account of Those in the Vatican Library at Rome, With Remarks and Extracts But while things were thus in progress, circumstances occurred that opened a wider field than ever for the cultivation of this dialect; and Opportunities have been offered, which the great Ludolf, in his anxious wish to bring the work nearer to perfection, earnestly desired to see, but never saw. The attention of the British and Foreign Bible Society has been drawn to the scarcity of copies of the Scriptures in the Church of Abyssinia, and means have been most unexpectedly and providentially put into their hands for supplying this want. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.