Scene during the Battle of the Nile<br><p><br>
Auction Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History Including the Library of Colin and Joan Deacon, lot 163 Sale  2018<br></p><p>A voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's ship the Swiftsure... under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson... with a description of the Battle of the Nile. London: T. Bensley for J. White, 1802
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FIRST EDITION, 4to (285 x 222mm.), hand-coloured double-page folding engraved chart of the Mediterranean, engraved dedication with hand-coloured coat-of-arms, 41 hand-coloured aquatint plates
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Willyams, a chaplain and an artist, was present at the Battle of the Nile in which the French forces of Napoleon were beaten by Horatio Nelson.
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