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Narrative of a ten years' residence at Tripoli in Africa:

Name: Narrative of a ten years' residence at Tripoli in Africa:
Author: TULLY, Richard.

Book Description

from the original correspondence in the possession of the family of the late Richard Tully, Esq. the British Consul. First edition. 4to, xvi, 370 pp., engraved folding map of the Regencies of Tripoly [sic] and Tunis, 5 hand-coloured aquatint plates by R. Havell, offsetting from plates to text, contemporary polished calf gilt, old ownership inscription to title, a fine copy. Atabey 1241 (second ed.); Blackmer 1682; Abbey (Travel), 299; Prideaux p354; Tooley 493.

Dealer Notes

The work is particularly valuable for its details of family life in the seraglio. This is one of the most important, if not the most important record of life in Tripoli of the eighteenth century. Tully's female relatives were on intimate terms with the Bashaw's family and were admitted into all the life of the seraglio, and according to the various editions of this work, it was written by the sister, or sister-in-law of Richard Tully, British Consul at Tripoli 1783-93.

Author TULLY, Richard.

Date 1816

Publisher London, Colburn

Price: £1850.00

Offered by Shapero Rare Books Ltd

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