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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW SOUTH WALES

ROBERT SOUTHEY
1774-1843

The Life of Nelson

Estimate $12,000 – $15,000

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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW SOUTH WALES

ROBERT SOUTHEY

1774-1843
The Life of Nelson

Published by John Murray, Bookseller to the Board of Longitude, Albemarle Street, London, 1828
4 vols, red morocco with gilt covers, marbled end papers

Illustrated with 13 letters and documents, 94 portraits, 54 views, naval scenes and monuments, autographs, 2 sketches of Lady Hamilton, four battle plans, (one coloured) plus a Nelson Memorial with letters, extracts and proceedings for Lord Nelson's funeral 1805-1806.
(4)
each volume 41 x 31.7 cm

  • Lot Sold $30,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $36,600 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

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The considerable extra inclusions relating to the life and death of Lord Nelson in this extraordinary work were to the commission of the London branch of the Astor family and include an attached receipt from the bookseller, Francis Harvey, 4 St James Street, S.W. dated 1877.

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