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The Naval Chronicle. Containing a general and biographical history of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom; with a variety of original papers on nautical subjects: under the guidance of several literary and professional men
London: published by Bunney & Gold, Shoe Lane, [later, printed and published by Joyce Gold], 1799-1818. 8vo; 40 volumes, each averaging about 500 pages, engraved frontispieces and title pages, and all 524 engraved and numbered plates showing portraits of naval heroes, naval engagements, views of ports and harbors, charts, coastal scenery, etc.; uniformly bound in a handsome full contemporary mottled calf, edges speckled, gilt spines, and contrasting title and volume labels; generally, a clean, sound set with occasional foxing. Collated complete. The contemporary account of England’s navy at the peak of its influence. A mine of material covering the Napoleonic wars, Nelson, and the War of 1812. The Life of Lord Nelson which appears in volume III was apparently written by Dr. John M’Arthur, a purser in the Navy and secretary to Admiral Hood, who later teamed with James Stanier Clarke to produce the massive two-volume, folio, Life of Admiral Lord Nelson (London, 1809). Apparently, Nelson himself wrote the basis for M’Arthur’s work in October 1799 in the form of “The Sketch of my Life.” The memoir is continued in volume 14 and completed in volume 15 of the Chronicle. Sabin 52076: "Contains full and generally accurate reports of the various conflicts between the English and American Navy in the War of 1812 not to be found elsewhere; also biographies of Earl Howe, Vancouver, Lord Cornwallis, Hood,Anson, and other explorers." Item #73269
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