A compleat history of the piratical states of Barbary, . viz. Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, and Morocco. Containing the origin, revolutions, and present state of these Kingdoms, their forces, revenues, policy and commerce. Illustrated with a plan of Algiers, and a map of Barbary. By a gentleman who resided there many years in a public character.
Laugier de Tassy
Category
Books
Date
1750
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3123917
Summary
Bibliographic description
xiv,[2],368p., [2] plates . ill.., map . 8vo.. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signed 'P. Mazell': 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7705 2nd state- fine text) [Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear].. Binding: Eighteenth-century full sprinkled leather binding; double gilt fillet border; five raised bands; spine gilt ruled and spine label gilt lettered: "History of Barbary".
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