Entered in Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue (the name
Cosmopolitos so written, not
Kosmopolitos as above), with the price
4.15.
Sauveur Lusignan, born c. 1736 is described by Cushing as an English writer. According to his own account he went to live in the East at the
age of ten, and in 1771 he was presented to Ali Bey in whose service he remained until the defeat of the latter.
The
Journal of a Gentleman was begun on November 2 and finished on December 2, 1780, and not 1768 as stated by Ibrahim-Hilmy.
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172
Histoire d’Algiers par Laugier de Tassey.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 84, as above, with the reading
Algers.
LAUGIER
de TASSY, N.
Histoire du Royaume d’Alger, avec l’Etat présent de son Gouvernement et ses Forces de Terre & de Mer, de ses Revenus, Police,
Justice Politique & Commerce. Par Mr. Laugier de Tassy, commissaire de la Marine, pour sa Majesté Très-Chretienne, en Hollande.
A
Amsterdam: chez
Henri du Sauzet,
1725.
First Edition. 12mo. 198 leaves, engraved vignette on the title, 2 folded maps, title printed in red and black.
Quérard IV, page 614.
Gay 917.
Rouard de Card, 19.
Entered on Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue, with the price,
3.0.
N. Laugier de Tassy, fl. 1725, was for a time attached to the French consulate at Algiers, and later held an appointment in Holland. Gay cites
an edition, Amsterdan 1724, apparently in error.
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173
Histoire des etats barbaresques traduite de l’
Anglois.
2. v.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 78, as above.
[LAUGIER
de TASSY, N.--
BOYER de La PRÉBANDIER, Pierre.]
Histoire des Etats Barbaresques qui exercent la Piraterie, contenant l’origine, les Révolutions, & l’Etat présent des Royaumes
d’Alger, de Tunis, de Tripoli & de Maroc, avec leurs forces, leurs revenus, leur politique, & leur commerce. Par un Auteur
qui y a résidé plusieurs années avec caractere public. Traduite de l’
Anglois. [By Boyer de la Prébendier.] Tome Premier [-Second].
A
Paris: chez
Chaubert,
Herissant,
1757.
First Edition of this translation. 2 vol. 12mo. 204 and 148 leaves.
Barbier II, 750.
Quérard IV, page 613.
Gay, no. 451.
Rouard de Card, page 14.
Entered in Jefferson’s undated catalogue with the price
5.0.
Pierre Boyer de la Prébandier, fl. 1750, French physician on the faculty of Montpellier. This is not another edition of the previous number, but is a re-translation
into
French from a translation of that work into English.
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Etat de l’empire de Maroc en 1694. par Pidou de S
t. Olon.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 79, as above.
[PIDOU
de St. OLON, François.]
Estat Present de l’Empire de Maroc. A
Paris: chez
Michel Brunet,
1694.
