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T.O. CHURCHILL
The Life of Lord Viscount Nelson. London: T. Bensley, 1808. 4° (335 x 270mm). 14 engraved plates by W.H. Worthington after W. Bromley and R. Bowyer, 2 folding, folding facsimile letter. Contemporary half calf (rebacked). FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Stephan Henry Thomson (signed on front endpaper 1863) - Mark Everard Pepys (armorial bookplate).
An attractive copy of Churchill's famous contemporary work on Nelson. This particular copy was probably owned by Admiral Sir Thomas Boulden Thompson (1766-1828), one of Nelson's captains, who later became Comptroller of the Navy. It was handed down through the family, in 1863 and by Midshipman, later Captain, Stephen Henry Thompson, see inscription.
The Life of Lord Viscount Nelson. London: T. Bensley, 1808. 4° (335 x 270mm). 14 engraved plates by W.H. Worthington after W. Bromley and R. Bowyer, 2 folding, folding facsimile letter. Contemporary half calf (rebacked). FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Stephan Henry Thomson (signed on front endpaper 1863) - Mark Everard Pepys (armorial bookplate).
An attractive copy of Churchill's famous contemporary work on Nelson. This particular copy was probably owned by Admiral Sir Thomas Boulden Thompson (1766-1828), one of Nelson's captains, who later became Comptroller of the Navy. It was handed down through the family, in 1863 and by Midshipman, later Captain, Stephen Henry Thompson, see inscription.
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