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November 10 | 11:00 AM
Charles Miller Ltd

223 - A COLLECTION OF MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED WORKS

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Estimation

£300 - 500 (€350 - 600)

Sale fees

28.8%

A COLLECTION OF MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED WORKS comprising a Nautical Dictionary, drawn and etched by H. Heath, 6 engraved plates, original engraved pictorial orange upper wrapper, later mottled calf, oblong folio, charles tilt, [1834]; Royal George Order Book (manuscript title in ink on cover) commencing September 30, 1800 and Royal Sovereign 1801, manuscript, c. 54pp., 4to, buff wrappers ( binding slightly worn); Manuscript poem On the death of Capt. Parker (Edward Thornborough Parker, killed in action under Nelson’s command, 27 th September 1801), 2pp., 4to, signed by Harriet Walmer; Manuscript journal of 1821 on a trading brig, 35pp., fair copy, 8vo, pink wrappers ( worn); Drawings Faithfully Copied from Nature at Naples, engraved title, frontispiece and 24 plates, cloth, 4to, 1794 ( contents loose, binding worn with loss); A Monody to the memory of the Right Honourable the Lord Collingwood by Lady Champion de Crespigny. 23pp., 4to, stitched wrappers, London: Cadell and Davis, 1810; Large manuscript indenture of 1802 relating to lands in Ireland between the Marquis of Buckingham and wife [and others] and Thomas Bernard, manuscript on 3 large folio vellum membranes, folded; Drawings of parts of Lord Nelson’s famous flagship Victory by Christine Warburton, first and second series, 24 prints in total, original printed wrappers (slightly worn), 4to, [circa 1970] (A lot) Provenance: Estate of the Late Clive Richards CBE.

Auction details

Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art
Tuesday, November 10
11:00 AM
300 Munster Road
SW6 6BH London, United Kingdom
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Charles Miller Ltd +44 2 07 80 65 530 enquiries@charlesmillerltd.com
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