Blagdon (Francis William) Ormes Graphic History of the Life, Exploits, and Death of Horatio …


Blagdon (Francis William) Orme's Graphic History of the Life, Exploits, and Death of Horatio Nelson, 16 engraved plates, including portrait by J. Godby, 5 hand-coloured aquatints (4 double-page), and 4 uncoloured aquatint strip illustrations in text, plus additionally the 3 rare large separately published folding plates depicting Nelson's victories and death (all linen-backed), and a plate entitled "Proclamation of Lord Nelson" bound after p.66, with an additional leaf also bound in entitled "Lines, by H. Tresham" after plate 12, some foxing and offsetting, lacking the advertisement leaf at end, a couple of marginal tears, a few repairs to plate versos, front endpaper torn, modern half calf over old cloth, [Abbey, Life 328; Bobins 617], folio, Edward Orme, 1806.


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