The Royal Descent of Nelson and Wellington from Edward the First, King of England, with Tables of Pedigree and Genealogical Memoirs
( NELSON ) ( WELLINGTON ) FRENCH, G. R.
Compiled by George Russell French.
AUTHOR'S FAMILY PRESENTATION COPY IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH
Published: William Pickering, 1853
Stock code: 17856
Price: £2,460.00
8vo., First Edition, with 10 genealogical tables in the text; original decorative ribbed dark green cloth BY BONE & SON, boards elaborately tooled at corners to an arabesque design in blind, backstrip lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, primrose endpapers, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, and particularly clean copy.
A FAMILY PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS COUSIN THE REV. GEORGE CHILTON WITH THE FORMER'S UNSIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The author's second genealogical work, following his study of Victoria and Albert (1841) and preceding his notable 'Shakepeareana Genealogica' in 1869. George Robert Comyn Chilton, b.1825, was educated at Christ Church Oxford where he gained his BA in 1848 and MA in 1852. A student of the Inner Temple, he was called to the Bar in 1850. In 1861 he was appointed Vicar of Wanborough (Surrey) where he served until at least 1876. THIS WORK IS EXTREMELY SCARCE; PRESENTATION COPIES ARE THE MORE SO