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315.(NAVAL)
A Narrative of the Proceedings
of His Majesty’s Fleet, under the
Command of Earl Howe, from the
Second of May to the Second of June
M.DCC.XCIV.
London, Printed by T. Burton… Sold at Mr. De Poggi’s Exhibition Room..
Mr. W. Faden… Mr. T. Egerton, 1796 [37734] £1750
4to (275mm x 225mm). Engraved frontispiece of Britannia
reclining atop the globe by Thomas Kirk, folding battle plan
at the rear. Lightly browned, hygroscopic damp mark at
the tail margin of the frontispiece, binding a little cracked
after the half-title, prelims. consequently loosening, but
overall very good in contemporary red full straight-grained
morocco by Staggemeier & Walcher, their ticket, oxidized
verso of the front free endpaper, green watered silk doublures,
somewhat rubbed, gilt edges. Modern bookplate to the front
pastedown.
The
Glorious
First of
June
Uncommon, two copies only on COPAC, BL and Cambridge,
ten copies on OCLC. An extremely intriguing (perhaps
subscriber’s) issue of a promotional device/guide to the
paintings of the Glorious First of June commissioned
from Robert Clevely and engraved by “the ingenious
Mr. de Poggi”. The erratically paginated text consists of
the Narrative itself “derived from the most indisputable
authorities”, including appendices of the officers present,
the orders of battle of the opposing fleets, and votes of
thanks; a further appendix on the French fleet, the Naval
Convention and the official French account of the battle;
the “brochure” for the two prints (“The Price is Three
Guineas – Proofs, Six Guineas – the Pair”) with description;
and an impressive list described by the Monthly Review as
“A very honourable subscription”. Interestingly, the two
other copies of this item encountered by this cataloguer
were in near identical bindings to this, one with the ticket
of just Walcher, the other with Kalthoeber’s ticket.
316.(NAVAL)
Regulations and Instructions
relating to His Majesty’s Service at
Sea. Established by His Majesty in
Council.
[London, The Admiralty,] 1808 [37006] £950
4to. Light browning, a little damping in the tail margin, but
overall very good in contemporary streaked calf, slightly worn
at the extremities – light service wear – rebacked in tan
buckram with the majority of the original spine laid down,
new endpapers.
This copy with the elaborate contemporary ownership
inscriptions of Lieut. [later Commander] Charles Moore
to the first blank. Dated both 1814, as Lieut., and 1817
“Promoted to the Rank of Commander”. Moore joined Sir
Charles Rowley as a midshipman on the Eagle in 1806, and
was with her at the expedition to Walcheren in 1809, in
the later defence of Cadiz, and the capture of La Corcyre in
the Adriatic in 1811. In 1813 he joined Fremantle as flaglieutenant
in the Namur and Bulwark and his “courage
and activity” was noticed by the Admiral at the taking of
Fiume later that year. In 1817, whilst attached to the crew
of the Royal Sovereign escorting Louis XVIII on his return
to France, he was promoted commander for his action
in saving the lives of part of a crew driven on shore near
Calais. His last services were with the Coast Guard service,
1834–37. A nicely provenanced set of these far from
common Regulations, the essential handbook on current
practice for any officer serving at sea.
317.(NAVAL)
Remarkable Shipwrecks, Or A
Collections Of Interesting Accounts
Of Naval Disasters. With Many
Particulars Of The Extraordinary
Adventures And Sufferings of the
Crews of Vessels Wrecked At Sea,
and of Their Treatment on Distant
Shores. Together with an Account
of the Deliverance of Survivors.
Selected from Authentic Sources.
Hartford, Andrus and Starr, 1813 [38403] £350
8vo (175 × 110 mm). Browned throughout, as usual, but one
the whole a very good copy in contemporary, streaked sheep
trade binding, with red morocco label to the spine,. slightly
worn at the extremities, but in very good repair now housed in
red linen chemise in red morocco-backed book-style slipcase.
Bookplate of J. Donovan Pheifer to the front pastedown.
Concludes with a section on the then ongoing War of
1812 including accounts of the engagements between
the Constitution and the Guerriere, Decatur’s capture
of the Macedonian, and of course the Shannon and the
Chesapeake, with the first published appearance of
Captain Lawrence’s desperate injunction to his men, “Capt
Lawrence had been carried below before any attempt
was made to board. He survived until the 4th of June,
repeatedly exclaiming, in the course of the delirium
brought on him by his wounds, “DON’T GIVE UP THE SHIP.”
Huntress 174C; Howes R190; Sabin 69380.
UNRECORDED EARLY LIFE OF
NELSON
318.(NELSON)
The Naval Recorder, containing the
Authentick Memoirs of the Late
Lord Viscount Admiral Nelson,
Baron of the Nile, Duke of Bronte
&c. In which is given a Faithful
Account of all of his Engagements,
and more particularly of the Battles
fought at the Mouth of the Nile,
Copenhagen, and Trafalgar near
Cadiz. Also Memoirs of Some of the
Most Illustrious British Admirals,
Catalogue 57: Travel Section 7: Mapping, Navigation and Naval History
and Naval Officers.. To which is
prefixed a Brief History of the Rise
and Progress of the British Navy.
Halifax, Printed at the Office of J. & J. Nicholson, 1806 [36988]
£1500
8vo. 2 plates, one of them folding. Browned throughout,
mostly lightly, one leaf torn, no loss of text, overall very good
in modern blue morocco-backed linen boards.
FIRST EDITION. Scarce, no copies on COPAC, OCLC has
one copy of an 1812 edition in the National Library of
Ireland, calling for “plan, pls.”. A copy of this later edition
was sold in Bonhams’s Nelson sale in 2005, which had a
portrait frontispiece of Nelson only. Evidently issued in
two volumes, xviii, 456pp, 160pp., no separate title page
present, but catch-words for the continuation on the last
page of vol. I. The greater part of vol. I, pp. 1–343, consists
of “The Professional Life of the Late Lord Viscount Nelson.”
319.(NELSON)
Memoirs of the Life and
Achievements of The Right
Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount
Nelson. By a Captain of the British
Navy. The Fifth Edition. To which
is added a Particular Account of the
Funeral Procession.
London: H. D. Symonds, and J. Hatchard, 1806 [39885]
£1250
8vo (207 × 128mm.) Modern half calf on marbled boards.
Stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece, dated 11 November
1805. Light browning, slight damp-stain in the lower margin
of the portrait, collector’s bookplate to the front pastedown,
but overall very good.
An early life, not listed by Cowie, and uncommon
generally. BL have what appears to be the first edition
of 1805, no other copies on COPAC. OCLC lists just two
copies of the second edition, NLI and Mariner’s Museum
Library, Virginia. NMM Caird Library has a fourth edition,
which appears not to have the eight-page supplementary
chapter on the funeral.
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