The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B. from his Lordship's Manuscripts

by Admiral Lord Nelson, The Rev. James Stanier Clarke

$5,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

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

• Binding: Leather

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