[Conquest of Oran]. Nova relaçam da famoza, e admiravel batalha, que tiverao os castelhanos com os mouros, em que triunfarao delles na praça de Orao [...].

Lisbon, Pedro Ferreira, 1754.

4to. 8 pp. With woodcut title vignette. Printed sheet folded into a pamphlet, unsewn and unbound.

 1.400,00

Rare Portuguese account of one of several unsuccessful 18th century attempts by Muslim forces to recapture Oran. This operation took place in March of 1754, more than two decades after the Spanish conquest of the city in 1732. Oran was repeatedly attacked by Algerian and Ottoman forces, but remained under Spanish rule until 1792.

Uncut and untrimmed.

Literatur

BGUC Misc. 24, 459. OCLC 27754498.

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