CLARKE, JAMES STANIER and JOHN M'ARTHUR. The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson. K.B. London: by T. Bensley for T. Cadell and W. Davies...W. Miller 1809. 2 vols., large 4to, binding: 355 x 300mm. (14 x 11 3/4in.), dark blue straight-grained morocco gilt, A CATHEDRAL BINDING BY GEORGE MULLEN OF DUBLIN (with his binder's ticket on upper endpaper of vol. 1), yellow watered-silk linings, g.e., joints flaked but sound, some wear, linings frayed, some foxing to plates. 12 engraved plates, 4 vignettes, 5 plans, one double-page letterpress genealogy and various samples of Nelson's handwriting. Bookplate of the Earl of Leitrim. [ with ] NELSON, Admiral HORATIO. Autograph letter signed ("Nelson & Bronte") to Vice Admiral William Albany Otway, on board H.M.S. "Victory" [off Toulon, France], 4 October 1803. 3 pages, 4to, neatly tipped to a fly-leaf of vol. 1 of the preceding work. During the blockade of the French fleet at Toulon, Nelson issues instructions regarding French seamen held prisoner: "...You will of course supply the Ambuscade with no more stores than is barely necessary to carry her to England....I have wrote [ sic ] on my first arrival recommending a Commander to be appointed to the Prison Ship...The French...at Toulon refused any communication with us. I do not think we can liberate any of their Seamen...but probably the Ship expected with dispatches for the Med[iterranea]n will bring out some directions concerning them. If they [the prisoners] were put in a Cartel [prison ship] they would never get to England...and if they were not in a Cartel they would carry off the Ship as a good prize. If it comes necessary to send them to England it must be in a Cartel with a false destination say Brest, and to carry them into Falmouth or Plymouth, the Master or Officer to have public and Secret Orders. We have 400 at Malta. As I send you a very fine Brig I hope the gut will be kept clear of French privateers. All English seamen will I hope be secured for th[ose ships?] who are between 700 & 800 short of their Compliments. As Captain Hart is just come from Naples, he will tell you all the Italian news..."
CLARKE, JAMES STANIER and JOHN M'ARTHUR. The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson. K.B. London: by T. Bensley for T. Cadell and W. Davies...W. Miller 1809. 2 vols., large 4to, binding: 355 x 300mm. (14 x 11 3/4in.), dark blue straight-grained morocco gilt, A CATHEDRAL BINDING BY GEORGE MULLEN OF DUBLIN (with his binder's ticket on upper endpaper of vol. 1), yellow watered-silk linings, g.e., joints flaked but sound, some wear, linings frayed, some foxing to plates. 12 engraved plates, 4 vignettes, 5 plans, one double-page letterpress genealogy and various samples of Nelson's handwriting. Bookplate of the Earl of Leitrim. [ with ] NELSON, Admiral HORATIO. Autograph letter signed ("Nelson & Bronte") to Vice Admiral William Albany Otway, on board H.M.S. "Victory" [off Toulon, France], 4 October 1803. 3 pages, 4to, neatly tipped to a fly-leaf of vol. 1 of the preceding work. During the blockade of the French fleet at Toulon, Nelson issues instructions regarding French seamen held prisoner: "...You will of course supply the Ambuscade with no more stores than is barely necessary to carry her to England....I have wrote [ sic ] on my first arrival recommending a Commander to be appointed to the Prison Ship...The French...at Toulon refused any communication with us. I do not think we can liberate any of their Seamen...but probably the Ship expected with dispatches for the Med[iterranea]n will bring out some directions concerning them. If they [the prisoners] were put in a Cartel [prison ship] they would never get to England...and if they were not in a Cartel they would carry off the Ship as a good prize. If it comes necessary to send them to England it must be in a Cartel with a false destination say Brest, and to carry them into Falmouth or Plymouth, the Master or Officer to have public and Secret Orders. We have 400 at Malta. As I send you a very fine Brig I hope the gut will be kept clear of French privateers. All English seamen will I hope be secured for th[ose ships?] who are between 700 & 800 short of their Compliments. As Captain Hart is just come from Naples, he will tell you all the Italian news..."
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