maritime history - Gert Jan Bestebreurtje

91 BARTLETT, William Henry. - BEATTIE, William. The ports, harbours, watering-places,
and coast scenery of Great Britain. Illustrated by views taken on the spot,
by W.H. Bartlett; with descriptions by William Beattie. London, George Virtue, 1842.
2 volumes. 4to. Contemporary richly decorated gilt morocco, rebacked with the original
gilt spines laid down, a.e.g. With frontispiece portrait of Queen Victoria, woodcut
of Blackwall and 125 steelengravings (incl. 2 frontispieces and title-pages). (4),190;
(4),155 pp. € 695,00
This is the revised, much enlarged edition of the original work issued by Charles Tilt.
- The romantic views by William Henry Bartlett are among the best produced in the
19th century. The plate of the lighthouse of Berwick in volume one is shown as titlevignette
in volume two. - (Some light foxing as usual).
Andres 353.
92 BARTSTRA, J.S. Vlootherstel en legeraugmentatie 1770-1780. Assen, 1952.
Wrappers. XX,286,(3) pp. - (Thesis). € 30,00
93 BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR. Plan of the attack by Lord Nelson, on the combined
fleet, October 21st. 1805. London, R. Dodd, 1805.
Broadside with hand-coloured engraved view of the fleets with beneath a large
description in three columns. Ca. 67 x 42,5 cm. € 650,00
The battle of Trafalgar, naval engagement fought off Cape Trafalgar on the SW coast
of Spain on October 21, 1805, in which the British fleet under Horatio Nelson won a
famous victory over the allied French and Spanish fleets under Pierre de Villeneuve.
Nelson’s strategy was to divide his own fleet into two sections, one led by himself in
the Victory, the other led by Cuthbert Collingwood in the Royal Sovereign, and to
penetrate the enemy line in two places. This maneuver resulted in the capture of 20
enemy ships (one was blown up). The British lost no ships. Among the dead was
Nelson himself, struck by a bullet from the French ship Redoutable. The decisive
English victory ended Napoleon I’s power on the sea and made a French invasion of
England impossible. The words signaled by Nelson at the beginning of the battle
‘England expects that every man will do his duty’ became immortal. This ‘newsletter’
was published in November, a month after the battle. - Rare.
94 BEEBE, W. Acht honderd meter onder de zeespiegel. Voor Nederland bewerkt
door F. Koning. 2e druk. Amst., (ca. 1939). Cloth. With many plates. 248 pp. € 20,00
95 (BELINFANTE, J.J.). Het leven van Michiel Adriaanszoon de Ruyter. 1607-
1676. (2e druk). Amsterdam, J. de Ruyter, 1852.
2 volumes. Contemporary half morocco, spines richly gilt. With 130 lithographed
plates (mostly depicting 2 scenes one one leave) and many woodengravings after
C.A.A. Last. (30),XIX,480; 747 pp. € 295,00