The Naval History of Great Britain
( ROYAL NAVY ) JAMES, William
from the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV in January 1820. A New Edition, with considerable Additions and Improvements, including Diagrams of all the principal Actions. [VOLUMES V and VI. THESE VOLUMES ONLY]
TWO ODD VOLUMES IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING
Published: Harding Lepard & Co., 1826
Stock code: 44445
Price: £64.00
2 vols., [of 6], 8vo., with diagrams in the text,and 9 large folding Abstracts in second volume, some mild spotting (slightly heavier in second volume); strongly bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, backs with flat bands ruled in gilt, second compartments lettered in gilt, both very good, firm copies.
With the fine nineteenth-century armorial bookplate of James Wells Armstrong on front paste-downs. Volume V covers the period 1808-1811; Volume VI from 1811 to 1820.