Author: PLAYFAIR, Robert Lambert. Title: The scourge of Christendom. Annals of British relations with Algiers prior to the French conquest.
Description: London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1884. Original cloth with gilt illustration on cover (spine discoloured). With 7 plates. XIV,327 pp. First edition; with armorial bookplate of Thomas Baron Brassey; with autograph dedication by the author. - Sir Robert Lambert Playfair (1828 - 1899) was a British soldier, diplomat, naturalist and author and was appointed Consul-General in Algeria in 1867.
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Price: EUR 165.00 = appr. US$ 179.33 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 36092