7th Nov, 2017 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Fearless')
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[M] 'BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE...
'BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE RIGHT HON LORD VISCOUNT NELSON..'
John Jones, Dublin, first edition 1805, 159 pages, engraved portrait, extra illustrated with a double-page hand-coloured battle plan, an engraved ticket, with red wax seal, for Nelson's funeral with the signature on verso of Lt. Col. H.A. Woodward, a double-page engraved plate of the funeral procession on Water, a double-page hand-coloured engraving of the catalfalque, a double-page engraving of the Duke of Richmond laying the first stone of Nelson's column, a hand-coloured portrait of Nelson flanked by two sailor's, original printed boards (rebacked, rubbed), inscription at head of A2 Hum J.A. Woodward to Benj. Colby, bound with printed card boards (restored, later spine) and contained within a slip case -- 9 x 6in. (23 x 15cm.)
Provenance: Lt. Col. H.J.A. Woodward to B. Colby and thence by descent.
Lt. Col. Humphrey J. Aldrich Woodward was Auditor General for Ireland and was instrumental in raising the Nelson Pillar in Belfast in 1809 which survived until 1966 when Irish Republicans destroyed it; Although the volume offered here is comparatively slender, it must be the earliest account of Nelson's life to include Trafalgar and is rare.
John Jones, Dublin, first edition 1805, 159 pages, engraved portrait, extra illustrated with a double-page hand-coloured battle plan, an engraved ticket, with red wax seal, for Nelson's funeral with the signature on verso of Lt. Col. H.A. Woodward, a double-page engraved plate of the funeral procession on Water, a double-page hand-coloured engraving of the catalfalque, a double-page engraving of the Duke of Richmond laying the first stone of Nelson's column, a hand-coloured portrait of Nelson flanked by two sailor's, original printed boards (rebacked, rubbed), inscription at head of A2 Hum J.A. Woodward to Benj. Colby, bound with printed card boards (restored, later spine) and contained within a slip case -- 9 x 6in. (23 x 15cm.)
Provenance: Lt. Col. H.J.A. Woodward to B. Colby and thence by descent.
Lt. Col. Humphrey J. Aldrich Woodward was Auditor General for Ireland and was instrumental in raising the Nelson Pillar in Belfast in 1809 which survived until 1966 when Irish Republicans destroyed it; Although the volume offered here is comparatively slender, it must be the earliest account of Nelson's life to include Trafalgar and is rare.
Sold for £1,984
Estimated at £600 - £800
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
'BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE RIGHT HON LORD VISCOUNT NELSON..'
John Jones, Dublin, first edition 1805, 159 pages, engraved portrait, extra illustrated with a double-page hand-coloured battle plan, an engraved ticket, with red wax seal, for Nelson's funeral with the signature on verso of Lt. Col. H.A. Woodward, a double-page engraved plate of the funeral procession on Water, a double-page hand-coloured engraving of the catalfalque, a double-page engraving of the Duke of Richmond laying the first stone of Nelson's column, a hand-coloured portrait of Nelson flanked by two sailor's, original printed boards (rebacked, rubbed), inscription at head of A2 Hum J.A. Woodward to Benj. Colby, bound with printed card boards (restored, later spine) and contained within a slip case -- 9 x 6in. (23 x 15cm.)
Provenance: Lt. Col. H.J.A. Woodward to B. Colby and thence by descent.
Lt. Col. Humphrey J. Aldrich Woodward was Auditor General for Ireland and was instrumental in raising the Nelson Pillar in Belfast in 1809 which survived until 1966 when Irish Republicans destroyed it; Although the volume offered here is comparatively slender, it must be the earliest account of Nelson's life to include Trafalgar and is rare.
John Jones, Dublin, first edition 1805, 159 pages, engraved portrait, extra illustrated with a double-page hand-coloured battle plan, an engraved ticket, with red wax seal, for Nelson's funeral with the signature on verso of Lt. Col. H.A. Woodward, a double-page engraved plate of the funeral procession on Water, a double-page hand-coloured engraving of the catalfalque, a double-page engraving of the Duke of Richmond laying the first stone of Nelson's column, a hand-coloured portrait of Nelson flanked by two sailor's, original printed boards (rebacked, rubbed), inscription at head of A2 Hum J.A. Woodward to Benj. Colby, bound with printed card boards (restored, later spine) and contained within a slip case -- 9 x 6in. (23 x 15cm.)
Provenance: Lt. Col. H.J.A. Woodward to B. Colby and thence by descent.
Lt. Col. Humphrey J. Aldrich Woodward was Auditor General for Ireland and was instrumental in raising the Nelson Pillar in Belfast in 1809 which survived until 1966 when Irish Republicans destroyed it; Although the volume offered here is comparatively slender, it must be the earliest account of Nelson's life to include Trafalgar and is rare.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Fearless'), 7th Nov, 2017
