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Creator:
Tully, Miss
Title(s):

Narrative of a ten years' residence at Tripoli in Africa : from the original correspondence in the possession of the family of the late Richard Tully, Esq., the British consul : comprising authentic memoirs and anecdotes of the reigning bashaw, his family and other persons of distinction : also, an account of the domestic manners of the Moors, Arabs, and Turks.

Published/Created:
London : Printed for Henry Colburn, 1816.
Physical Description:
xiii, [2], 370 p., [6] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DT218 .T8 1816+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Written by the sister-in-law of the late Richard Tully."--Preface.
Aquatints by R. Havell & Son. Map engraved by James Neele.
Printed by Cox and Baylis, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's-Inn Fields.
A second edition was published in 1817.
Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 493
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 299
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in half calf. Bookplate: Thomas Munro.
Subject Terms:
Colburn, Henry -- Publisher.
Cox and Baylis -- Printer.
Libya -- Description and travel.
Libya -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Munro, Thomas -- Bookplate.
Tripoli (Libya) -- Description and travel.
Tully, Miss. -- Travel -- Libya.
Form/Genre:
Travel literature.
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1816.
Contributors:
Havell, Robert, 1832- engraver.
Havell, Robert, 1793-1878, engraver.
Neele, James, engraver.
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  • Contents of the plates: Map of the Regencies or Tripoly and Tunis
  • Sidy Hassan, Late Bey of Tripoly
  • Aqueduct near the City of Tripoly
  • Arabs recreating in the Desert
  • Officiers of the Grand Seraglio regaling
  • An Egyptian Puppet Shew.

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