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Memoirs of the Life and Death of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Vice-Admiral of the White, Comprehending Authentic Details of his Glorious Achievements Under the British Flagby LLOYD, Frederick1st Edition
Book desription: Ormskirk: J. Fowler, 1806. 1st Edition. Hard Cover . Fair. SCARCE - Only one copy located in institutions 8vo., 21cm x 13.5cm (8.25Ôoˆ x 5.25Ôoˆ), [6], 303pp., Contemporay boards, rebacked with leather spine, five bands and gilt type. Original leather boards and end papers preserved. Soiling on the papers edges and inside. Some water staining on a few plates with some foxing and overall paper aging. p.14 - 1/4" tear (not effecting text) and p.212 - 1/8" tear (not affecting text). Some soiling throughout and dampstain on Trafalgar battle scene. 11 plates in total; 6 full page and 5 double page, 6 Wood Cuts. Overall fair to good. A complete copy. Scarce - Only one copy located at National Library of Ireland. ÔoˆIt was published in Ormskirk, a village just outside Liverpool. Being so close to England's major port with North America, it was the first biography of Nelson to reach America after Trafalgar.Ôoˆ quoted from Michael Nash, UK. , Life of Viscount Nelson, - An Accurate and Impartial Life of the late Lord Viscount Nelson, Duke of Bronte in Sicily, Knight of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, Grand Cross of the Orders of Ferdinand and of Merit, and Knight of the Imperial Order of the Crescent, &c. &c. Comprehending authentic and circumstantial details of his Glorious Achievements: together with Private Anecdotes, and various interesting particulars, never before published. , Full page plates: 1) Nelson engaging the bear p3 2) Lord Hood p5 3) Earl St. Vincent p10 4) Death of Lord Nelson p.198 5) Lord Collingwood p.201 6) Funeral Car p. 287 Fold-out pages 1) Lord Nelson boarding the San Joseph p.18 2) The Hero of the Niles Victory p.53 3) Nelson Victory in Copenhagen 4) Attack on the French Gun Boats at Boulogne p.120 5) View of the Attack of the combined fleet off Trafalgar p.194
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