Lot 100
Maritime.- Ralfe (James) The Naval Chronology of Great Britain, 3 vol., hand-coloured aquatint plates, Whitmore & Fenn, 1820.
Hammer Price: £3,000
Description
Maritime.- Ralfe (James) The Naval Chronology of Great Britain, 3 vol., hand-coloured engraved portrait of the Prince Regent after H. Bone, 2 aquatint frontispieces, one printed in two colours, 57 hand-coloured aquatint plates, plate captions occasionally trimmed, some light offsetting, including from text to plates, some light browning, bound in blue crushed morocco by Rivière & Son, spines gilt in compartments and with raised bands, vol. 1 spine a fraction faded, some light rubbing to joints and corners, g.e., [cf. Abbey Life 342], 8vo, Whitmore & Fenn, 1820.
Provenance:
Bonhams, Trafalgar Bicentenary Sale, “Nelson and the Royal Navy, 1750-1815", 5th July, 2005, lot 290A
⁂ A handsome set, first published in parts from 1818-19.
Description
Maritime.- Ralfe (James) The Naval Chronology of Great Britain, 3 vol., hand-coloured engraved portrait of the Prince Regent after H. Bone, 2 aquatint frontispieces, one printed in two colours, 57 hand-coloured aquatint plates, plate captions occasionally trimmed, some light offsetting, including from text to plates, some light browning, bound in blue crushed morocco by Rivière & Son, spines gilt in compartments and with raised bands, vol. 1 spine a fraction faded, some light rubbing to joints and corners, g.e., [cf. Abbey Life 342], 8vo, Whitmore & Fenn, 1820.
Provenance:
Bonhams, Trafalgar Bicentenary Sale, “Nelson and the Royal Navy, 1750-1815", 5th July, 2005, lot 290A
⁂ A handsome set, first published in parts from 1818-19.
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