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CLARKE, JAMES STANIER & McARTHUR, JOHN - The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B. From His Lordship's Manuscripts.
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$400
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CLARKE, JAMES STANIER & McARTHUR, JOHN
The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B. From His Lordship's Manuscripts.
Published London: Printed by T. Bensley, For T. Cadell and W. Davies, and W. Miller, 1809. Two volumes, thick folio, [360mm]. Frontispiece and 3 other plates to volume I, 8 plates to volume II, 4 of them accompanied by plans. Headpieces, vignettes, and facsimiles to the text.
Bound in contemporary full tan cross hatched calf with wide decorative gilt rules to the boards, rebacked with original spines laid on, marbled endpapers, with a [?]facsimile of the bookplate of James Hatch one of the original subscribers, probably put on when the books were rebacked. Contents generally clean and VG with a sprinkle of foxing on some of the plates.
First edition of "one of the main foundation stones of the Nelson legend" (White, p. 99)
The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B. From His Lordship's Manuscripts.
Published London: Printed by T. Bensley, For T. Cadell and W. Davies, and W. Miller, 1809. Two volumes, thick folio, [360mm]. Frontispiece and 3 other plates to volume I, 8 plates to volume II, 4 of them accompanied by plans. Headpieces, vignettes, and facsimiles to the text.
Bound in contemporary full tan cross hatched calf with wide decorative gilt rules to the boards, rebacked with original spines laid on, marbled endpapers, with a [?]facsimile of the bookplate of James Hatch one of the original subscribers, probably put on when the books were rebacked. Contents generally clean and VG with a sprinkle of foxing on some of the plates.
First edition of "one of the main foundation stones of the Nelson legend" (White, p. 99)
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