[FORE-EDGE PAINTING] CLARKE, JAMES STANIER and JOHN M'ARTHUR. The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B. London: by T. Bensley for T. Cadell and W. Davies...W. Miller 1809. 2 vols., large 4to, binding 355 x 295mm. (14 x 11 5/8in.) contemporary citron straight-grained morocco gilt by L. STAGGEMEIER, with his binder's ticket on upper endpapger of vol. 1, marbled end-papers, g.e., rebacked, with FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS OF H.M.S. VICTORY IN PORTSMOUTH HARBOR and THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR, inner joints cracked, some wear, a little offsetting, brown cloth slipcases, worn, 12 engraved plates, 4 vignettes, 5 plans, one double-page letterpress genealogy and various facsimile samples of Nelson's handwriting. (2)