A Voyage Up The Mediterranean. Rev. Cooper Willyams. 1802 1st Edition::RBC

Rev. Cooper Willyams'
A VOYAGE UP THE MEDITERRANEAN
IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE SWIFTSURE
First Edition, 1802

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A Voyage Up The Mediterranean
PHOTO SAMPLER

Cover & Spine View

Title, Publisher & Date Page
(Includes Account of Nelson's Battle of the Nile, 1798)

Dedication Page to Lord St. Vincent

Front Edge Angle

Index of Willyams' Illustration Plates

Map Sample

Page of Errata

Preface Page Sample

Sample of Contents Pages

Engraving of Lord St. Vincent,
British Admiral

Spine & Cover Angle

Interior Page & Illustration Sample
(Profusely illustrated throughout)

Upright Angle indicating Spine & Both Covers

Sample Interior Pages

REVEREND COOPER WILLYAMS

Reverend Cooper Willyams (1762-1816) was ship's chaplain on
the Swiftsure, a vessel in Lord Horatio Nelson's squadron in the
Mediterranean. Willyams was a noted topographer and artist, as well as minister and chaplain. The son of a British naval commander, he went to Cambridge, was ordained and contributed to "Topographical Miscellanies" before first going to sea as Chaplain on the Boyne in 1793. England was at war with revolutionary France, and the Boyne participated in the West Indies' action of that war. In 1796, Willyams returned to London and published An Account of the Campaign in the West Indies. Six years later he would again set sail with Nelson's fleet.

(Aquatint of Pilgrimage made from a Willyams' VOYAGE drawing)

Book Description

A VOYAGE UP THE MEDITERRANEAN IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE SWIFTSURE by Rev. Cooper Willyams. Published by T. Bensley
for J. White, London, 1802.

The book's subject matter emphasizes Willyams' eyewitness description of Horatio Nelson's Battle of the Nile, 1798. The Dedication page is to Lord St. John Vincent with a glued engraving of the Admiral firmly attached. The book has 43 plates which are sepia in color. 309 pages. The size from front cover is 274mm x 230mm x 40mm thick.

Condition

The original cover of this classic primary source (205 years old) has general rubbing and some scuffs. No dust jacket as issued. The book's spine and corners are bound in calf's skin. The end pages are a colorful marbleized pattern. There are no loose pages, missing pages, or badly marked or ripped pages. There is 1 small penciled notation on blank front leaf that reads "18/6/" followed by the words "a fine print of Vincent indented" in copperplate pencil. The pages are not bright white as are modern books but more a beige off-white tone. Little foxing is found. The sheet with the engraving of Lord Vincent has a small tear in margin only--it does not reach the engraving. Two engravings, those between Sheets 26 and 27 and Sheets 244 and 245, have a mark at bottom of page not affecting the drawings. These small marks are identical and appear to have possibly occurred in the original printing process. Some of the prints have speckling in the bottom edge areas. Almost all pages are clean as seen in above photos.

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