JAMES (William).

The Naval History of Great Britain,

From the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession of George IV.

A New Edition, with Additions and Notes, and an Account of the Burmese War and the Battle of Navarino, by Captain Chamier, R.N. Six volumes. Numerous plates, abstracts and diagrams in text, folding half-sheet abstracts bound in towards the rear of each volume. 8vo. Some foxing and browning throughout, lacks front free endpaper to Volume II, but overall a very good set in contemporary half dark blue calf on marbled boards, gilt Naval trophy devices gilt to the spines, a little rubbed, some light chipping of head and tail caps. London, Richard Bentley, 1837.

£650.00

“… a monument of accuracy - it has stood the test of time and remains the best account of the naval side of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. “ [Kemp The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea p.425.].

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