The Nelson Collection at Lloyds. A Description of the Nelson Relics and a Transcript of the Autograph Letters and Documents of Nelson and his Circle and of other Naval Papers of Nelson?s Period. Eduted by Warren R. Dawson. With twenty-one plates.

Nelson. DAWSON, Warren R. (Ed.)

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London, printed at Lloyds and published by Macmillan & Co, 1932. Large 8vo. (8),+ vii,+ (7),+ 525 pp.+ 21 plates. Publ. blue cloth with gilt spine and front board with gilt emblem. Inscribed on front paste down by Eric Geijer 1932 and with owner?s signature of Lave Beck-Friis. Försäkringsfirman Lloyds har sedan gammat en fin Nelsonsamling. ?In 1803, the committee of Lloyd?s merchants and underwriters founded the Lloyd?s Patriotic Fund to honour the brave and provide for the wounded and dependents of those killed in major Napoleonic battles. In the years that followed, Lloyd?s amassed a varied assortment of artefacts and memorabilia associated with Lord Nelson, including his Collar of the Order of the Bath, the logbook of HMS Euryalus, and silverware originally awarded by the Lloyd?s Patriotic Fund.?

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• Titre: The Nelson Collection at Lloyds. A Description of the Nelson Relics and a Transcript of the Autograph Letters and Documents of Nelson and his Circle and of other Naval Papers of Nelson?s Period. Eduted by Warren R. Dawson. With twenty-one plates.
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Type de livre: Hardcover / Hardback