LAUGIER de TASSY: Histoire des états barbaresques qui exerce - Lot 266

LAUGIER de TASSY: Histoire des états barbaresques qui exercent la piraterie, contenant l'origine, les révolutions et l'état présent des royaumes d'Alger, de Tunis, de Tripoli et de Maroc, avec leurs forces, leurs revenus, leur politique, et leur commerce. Chaubert, Hérissant; 1757. Two volumes in 12 contemporary speckled calf, spine ribbed and ornamented (headbands missing, corners worn, some spotting), slight light spotting in volume 2). One folding table. First edition of this French translation from English, by Boyer de Prébadré, quite different from the original text by Laugier de Tassy, as it had been extensively reworked by an English plagiarist. A fine copy, despite the minor binding defects.