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WILLYAMS, Cooper. A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure ... with a Description of the Battle of the Nile. London: T. Bensley for J. White, 1802.
2° (480 x 335mm). Engraved dedication with hand-coloured coat-of-arms, 2 hand-coloured aquatint maps, one double-page, and 40 hand-coloured aquatint plates by J.C. Stadler and others after Willyams, woodcut end-pieces. (Slightly spotted and dust-soiled, some slight off-setting.) Contemporary calf, covers gilt with fillet borders and naval and pyramid ornaments, rebacked with calf in compartments with naval ornaments, lettering piece (slightly rubbed, corners repaired), g.e.
FIRST EDITION, LARGE-PAPER COPY in its most desirable form, with the plates hand- coloured. Abbey Travel 196.
2° (480 x 335mm). Engraved dedication with hand-coloured coat-of-arms, 2 hand-coloured aquatint maps, one double-page, and 40 hand-coloured aquatint plates by J.C. Stadler and others after Willyams, woodcut end-pieces. (Slightly spotted and dust-soiled, some slight off-setting.) Contemporary calf, covers gilt with fillet borders and naval and pyramid ornaments, rebacked with calf in compartments with naval ornaments, lettering piece (slightly rubbed, corners repaired), g.e.
FIRST EDITION, LARGE-PAPER COPY in its most desirable form, with the plates hand- coloured. Abbey Travel 196.