RALFE, James (fl. 1820-1829). The Naval Chronology of Great Britain; or, an Historical Account of Naval and Maritime Events, from . . . 1803, to . . . 1816. London: L. Harrison for Whitmore and Fenn, 1820. 3 volumes, 8° (247 x 160mm.). Hand-coloured portrait frontispiece, 2 aquatint frontispieces, one tinted by hand, 57 hand-coloured aquatint plates by T. Sutherland, F. C. Lewis, D. Havell and others after T. Whitcombe, J. Beresford, W. A. Armstrong, J. Gore, W. Hill and others. (Light worming affecting 3 plates, some marginal browning of plates, paper repair to titles where ownership inscription has been cut away.) Modern blue morocco gilt, g.e., by Lewis & Harris of Bath. Provenance : George Marsh (presentation inscription in volume I). FIRST EDITION. The plates, based on drawings made by officers who participated in the actions, were issued either coloured or uncoloured: 'genuine coloured copies are rare' (Tooley 392); Abbey Life 342; Sabin 67602. (3)
RALFE, James (fl. 1820-1829). The Naval Chronology of Great Britain; or, an Historical Account of Naval and Maritime Events, from . . . 1803, to . . . 1816. London: L. Harrison for Whitmore and Fenn, 1820. 3 volumes, 8° (247 x 160mm.). Hand-coloured portrait frontispiece, 2 aquatint frontispieces, one tinted by hand, 57 hand-coloured aquatint plates by T. Sutherland, F. C. Lewis, D. Havell and others after T. Whitcombe, J. Beresford, W. A. Armstrong, J. Gore, W. Hill and others. (Light worming affecting 3 plates, some marginal browning of plates, paper repair to titles where ownership inscription has been cut away.) Modern blue morocco gilt, g.e., by Lewis & Harris of Bath. Provenance : George Marsh (presentation inscription in volume I). FIRST EDITION. The plates, based on drawings made by officers who participated in the actions, were issued either coloured or uncoloured: 'genuine coloured copies are rare' (Tooley 392); Abbey Life 342; Sabin 67602. (3)
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