Research Catalog

Title

A narrative of the expedition to Algiers in the year 1816 : under the command of the Right Hon. Admiral Lord Viscount Exmouth / By Mr. A. Salamé, a native of Alexandria, Egypt, interpreter in his Britannic Majesty's service for the Oriental languages, who accompanied his Lordship for the subsequent negotiations with the Dey ; published by permission.

Author

Salamé, Abraham V.

Publication

London : John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1819.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Murray, John, 1778-1843
• Roworth, Charles, active 1799-1869

Description

[10], cxli, [3], 230, [2] p., [4] leaves of plates (3 folded) : ill., port., plan; 22 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• Bookplates (Provenance)
• Egypt > Description and travel
• Exmouth, Edward Pellew, Viscount, 1757-1833
• Red Sea > Description and travel
• Algeria > History > English Expedition, 1816

Genre/Form

Bookplates (Provenance)

Note

• "Itinerary"--p. xvii-cxli, describes journeying through Egypt, and to various Red Sea ports like Jeddah and Mocha.
• Pages [xvii]-cxli descriptive of the Red Sea, Egypt, etc.
• "London: Printed by C. Roworth, Bell-Yard, Temple Bar."--verso of title page; and colophon, p. [1] at end.
• "Note to page 185, line 3d."--p. [1] at end.
• Signatures: [pi]1 a⁴ b-k⁸ B-P⁸ Q⁴
• Last page blank.

Provenance (note)

• with the bookplate: The Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, The New York Public Library Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

Sc Rare 965-S (Salamé, A. ...Expedition to Algiers)

LCCN

05003614

OCLC

• 4691947
• NYPGR4691947-B

Author

Salamé, Abraham V.

Title

A narrative of the expedition to Algiers in the year 1816 : under the command of the Right Hon. Admiral Lord Viscount Exmouth / By Mr. A. Salamé, a native of Alexandria, Egypt, interpreter in his Britannic Majesty's service for the Oriental languages, who accompanied his Lordship for the subsequent negotiations with the Dey ; published by permission.

Imprint

London : John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1819.

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 965-S (accession no. B429236) with the bookplate: The Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, The New York Public Library Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added Author

Murray, John, 1778-1843, publisher.

Roworth, Charles, active 1799-1869, printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 965-S (Salamé, A. ...Expedition to Algiers)

*OFZ (Salamé, A.V. Narrative of the expedition to Algiers) (Locked cage)