Four Months in Algeria:
BLAKESLEY, (Rev. Joseph Williams).
with a Visit to Carthage.
First edition. 2 folding maps (1 large) & 7 plates. 8vo. Contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, old spine laid down, this with green morocco label. xii, 441, [1]ads.pp. Cambridge, 1859
Blakesley, a close friend of Tennyson, sought relief from the English winter of 1857-58 in Algeria on doctor's orders. His account of this sojourn is both easily read and highly informative.
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