LEWIS, W. (fl. 1820s), publisher

Lot 94
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Lot 94 | LEWIS, W. (fl. 1820s), publisher
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£ 2 500 – 3 500
LEWIS, W. (fl. 1820s), publisher

Naval Victories of Great Britain, from the commencement of the war in the year 1803 to 1816. London: W. Lewis, [n.d. but c. 1820].

A very rare series of aquatints depicting British naval engagements during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812, by Sutherland, Bailey, Lewis and others, including such celebrated engagements as the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, and single-ship actions such as that between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon on 1 June 1813. The aquatint plates are similar in style and composition to those used to illustrate James Ralfe's Naval Chronology (1818) and James Jenkins' Naval Achievements (1817; see lot 90), though scarcer. Bobins IV, 1283.



Folio (355 x 260mm). Letterpress title, 42 aquatint plates all coloured by a contemporary hand and mounted on grey paper with pen-line borders, list of plates in manuscript loosely inserted (very occasional light marginal dust-soiling). Contemporary dark olive half morocco gilt, spine gilt-blocked with ship tool (head and tail of spine and corners expertly restored, extremities lightly rubbed and scuffed).





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