The Barbary Corsairs

Lane-Poole, Stanley
Publication Date 1890
Publisher T. Fisher Unwin,
Binding Hardback
Condition Very good copy
SKU 24383
Notes Some foxing to closed page edges and prelims, and scattered occasional foxing to page margins. Otehrwise very clean, bright and neat. A really very nice copy.

Description

Hardback. xviii,316pp. Beautiful fine binding in tree-calf with gilt decorations, by Riviere and Son. First edition. A study of the Barbary or Ottoman slave trade and the “infinite number of souls...dragged into wretched captivity” (p.202). The raids peaked in the 17th century. Riviere and Son stamp to prelim. Decorative gilt borders to boards and gilt dentelles. Raised bands to spine green label and gilt titles to one compartments and repeated design in gilt to the remaining. Gilt to top edge. Marbled endpapers.
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