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.
Laugier de Tassy
Category
Books
Date
1750
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3201013
Summary
Bibliographic description
xiv,[2],368p., [2] plates. ill., map. 8vo. Provenance: Inscribed on upper flyleaf: "Ashton Mosley [i.e. Ashton Nicholas Every Mosley (b. 1792)] 1858". Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf, single gilt fillet forming a border. Five raised bands, but sewn on three cords, remains of spine label. Upper board detached, spine cracked. In phase box.
Makers and roles
Laugier de Tassy, author Laugier de Tassy