Reverend Cooper Willyams

A Voyage Up The Mediterranean In His Majesty's Ship The Swiftsure

T. Bensley

1802

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A finely bound first edition account of the Battle of the Nile, written by the chaplain of the Swiftsure, a ship of the squadron which Nelson commanded.

  • Reverend Cooper Willyams (English).
  • A voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure...with a description of the Battle of the Nile on the first of August 1798, and a detail of events that occurred subsequent to the battle in various parts of the Mediterranean.
  • London: T. Bensley, 1802.
  • Quarto.
  • Includes 41 aquatint plates after drawings by Willyams.
  • Bound in contemporary green straight-grain morocco gilt, marbled panels to sides with marbled edges.

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Minor signs of age and use.

Joints rubbed.

Spine faded.

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First Edition

Language

English

Subject

Modern first editions, Military, Travel, topography and voyages, Maritime, Naval, Politics, Illustrated, Fine bindings

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