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First edition of this epistolary work on Algiers, Oran, and Annaba by the Glaswegian poet Thomas Campbell (1777-1844), illustrated with attractive aquatints. ‘Letters from the South (1837) records an adventurous visit to Algeria in 1834. He provides a judicious assessment of the virtues and shortcomings of the new French regime, but is also impressed by the eloquent lamentation of a “native poet” on the fall of Algiers’ (ODNB).

Abbey, Travel 306.

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