Lot Essay
Earl William Nelson (1757-1835) was the Admirals brother, this is underlined by the many nautical motifes used in the family arms [see illustration of library plate]
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Details
A first edition of Beatty's Death of Nelson, published by T.Cadell and W.Davies, 1807, and formally owned by the Earl Nelson
with library plate for EARL NELSON inside front cover, engraved portrait frontispiece and [page 70] of the ball which killed Nelson, the title page reading: Authentic Narrative of the Death of LORD NELSON: with The circumstances preceding, attending,a nd subsequent to, that event; the PROFESSIONAL REPORT on his Lordships Wound and SEVERAL INTERSTING ANECDOTES by William Beatty, M.D. Surgeon to the Victory in the Battle of Trafalgar, and now Physician to the Fleet under the Command of the Earl of St.Vincent, K.B. &c. &c. &c. LONDON printed by T.Davison, White-Friars; FOR T.CADELL AND W.DAVIES, IN THE STRAND. 1807, the text annotated [pages 53-53] apparently by the Earl Nelson with remarks about the author, bound between giltlined leather covered boards with title and date on spine -- 8¾ x 5¾in. (22.2 x 14.5cm.)
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with library plate for EARL NELSON inside front cover, engraved portrait frontispiece and [page 70] of the ball which killed Nelson, the title page reading: Authentic Narrative of the Death of LORD NELSON: with The circumstances preceding, attending,a nd subsequent to, that event; the PROFESSIONAL REPORT on his Lordships Wound and SEVERAL INTERSTING ANECDOTES by William Beatty, M.D. Surgeon to the Victory in the Battle of Trafalgar, and now Physician to the Fleet under the Command of the Earl of St.Vincent, K.B. &c. &c. &c. LONDON printed by T.Davison, White-Friars; FOR T.CADELL AND W.DAVIES, IN THE STRAND. 1807, the text annotated [pages 53-53] apparently by the Earl Nelson with remarks about the author, bound between giltlined leather covered boards with title and date on spine -- 8¾ x 5¾in. (22.2 x 14.5cm.)
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