THE

LIFE

OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

HORATIO LORD VISCOUNT

NELSON,

VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE,

Knight of the Order of Bath, Duke of Bronte In Sicily, Grand Cross of the

Orders of Ferdinand and of Merit, and Knight of the

Imperial Order of the Crescent:

INCLUDING

AMPLE AND AUTHENTIC ACCOUNTS OF THE

BRILLIANT VICTORIES

Obtained By His Skill And Intrepidity Over The Combined Forces Of The

ENEMIES OF ENGLAND,

IN

VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD:

With Particulars Of His

Political And Private Character.

Interspersed With Interesting

ANECDOTES OF DISTINGUISHED NAVAL OFFICERS,

Who Have Shared In The Glorious Achievements Of This

GALLANT BRITISH HERO.

To Which Is Added, An Official Account Of

THE CEREMONIES OF HIS FUNERAL.

Illustrated With Notes, Portraits, And Descriptive Engravings.

By ARCHIBALD DUNCAN Esq.

Author of

“THE BRITISH TRIDENT” AND “MARINER’S CHRONICLE”

LONDON:

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY JAMES CUNDEE,

Ivy-lane, Paternoster-Row, London;

AND J. NUTTALL, LIVERPOOL.

1806.

This is an incredibly rare account of the Life and Death of one of Great Britain’s greatest ever heroes - Admiral Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson.

Scarce, the only edition.

Published in January 1806, just two weeks after Nelson’s death and funeral on 8^th and 9^th January 1806.

A lively and detailed biography.

Covering:

From Nelson’s early desire to go to sea, and his first job at only twelve years old, aboard a merchant ship on a voyage to the West Indies

His illustrious Naval career.

And His glorious Victory and Heroic death at the Battle of Trafalgar

Contains fifteen wonderful engravings, even though only fourteen are listed in the directions to the binder:

Frontispiece of Nelson,

Portrait of Earl St Vincent,

Commodore Nelson receiving the swords of vanquished Spaniards,

Plan of the Battle of Aboukir – Fold-out engraving

Sir Edward Berry,

Saving the crew of L’Orient which blew up During the Battle of the Nile,

Lord Nelson Destroying the Danish Line before Copenhagen – large fold-out engraving

Death of Lord Nelson on board the Victory – large fold-out engraving

Plan of the Battle of Trafalgar – large fold-out engraving

The Glorious Battle of Trafalgar Oct 21st 1805 – large fld-out engraving

Perspective View of the Coffin of the Late Lord Nelson – Extra engraving not listed in the Directions to the Binder

The Exterior of the Coffin of the Late Lord Nelson,

The Funeral Car – fold-out engraving

The Remains of Lord Nelson lying in State in the Painted Chamber at Greenwich Hospital – large fold-out engraving

and

The Funeral Procession of the Remains of Lord Nelson from Greenwich to Whitehall – Splendid large fold-out engraving of the procession down the Thames.

Size 7" x 4".

419 pages followed by 1 page "Guglielmi’s Funeral March, Composed for the Royal Regiment at Palermo, and the Great Favourite of our Lamented Hero Lord Nelson"

Followed by Index 9 pages and Directions to the Binder for placing the Cuts.

Bound in half brown leather over marbled paper covered boards.

In very good condition, cover and spine rubbed, marbling frayed at cover edge and small piece torn from front cover, water stain to margin of frontis, repaired tear to Plan of Battle of Trafalgar plate, page edges slightly frayed at on a couple of the fold-outs, light toning but virtually no foxing, the pages and plates are all in very clean sharp condition light toning but no foxing.

Includes: “A Correct Narrative of The Funeral of Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Comprehending an Account of the Conveyance of his Body to England, on board the Victory, of 110 Guns; An Accurate Description of the Manner of its Lying in State, In the Painted Hall at Greenwich, on the 5^th, 6^th, and 7^th of January; the Procession by Water, on the 8^th. To Whitehall, and Thence on Foot to the Admiralty. With Circumstantial Particulars of the Grand Procession to St. Paul’s: And of the Solemn Ceremony of the Internment on the 9^th January 1806.”

As Duncan’s Preface States:

“The achievements of a Nelson, a name so justly dear to every English bosom, cannot, it is true, ever be erased from the recollection of his grateful countrymen; and in future ages the soul of the historian will glow with patriotic fervour, and will expand with noble pride, while penning the exploits of the Conuqeror of the Nile, of Copenhagen, and of Trafalgar.

“Achievements lke these must live to the remotest period of time, and command the admiration of the latest posterity”

God bless Admiral Lord Nelson.