The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B. from his Lordship's Manuscripts.
London: Printed by T. Bentley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street for T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand and W. Miller, Albemarle Street, 1809.
Price: $5,500.00
About the item
First Edition. Illustrated. vi, 375, [1, blank]; [ii], 511 [1, blank] pages. 2 vols. Imperial Quarto. Contemporary straight-grain red morocco with elaborate tooling and nautical motifs in gilt and blind; spine with five raised bands, lettered and stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. Board edges worn, particularly at corners, joints neatly repaired. Two bookplates including famous Napoleonic collector Calvin Bullock and A.F. Woodward to front endpapers of each volume, gift inscription at front preliminary "To Captain Henry Fisher, R.N. with every good wish from Frances & Augustine Woodward, in perfect remembrance of Feburary-1895.". Interior generally clean and bright. Handsome.
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