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Robert SOUTHEY [Lord Nelson] – Life of Nelson [with] a walking stick made from the oak and copper from Nelson’s flagship
£1,950.00
A first edition, two volume set of Southey’s ‘Life of Nelson’ published by John Murray in 1813. A very good pair – endpapers renewed. Bound in contemporary half-calf with gilt titles and marbled boards which are rubbed.
Accompanying the books is a walking stick made from the oak and copper from Nelson’s flagship, ‘HMS Foudroyant’. HMS Foudroyant was an 80-gun ship of the line originally built for the French Navy and captured by the British in 1758. Renamed ‘Foudroyant’, she became one of the Royal Navy’s finest warships. Admiral Horatio Nelson made her his flagship during the Mediterranean campaign from 1795 to 1798, including the period leading up to the Battle of the Nile. Renowned for her speed, strength, and handling, ‘Foudroyant’ symbolised British naval power in the late eighteenth century. After long service, she became a training ship and later a public attraction, before being wrecked in a storm off Blackpool in 1897.
Robert Southey’s ‘Life of Nelson’ (1813) is a seminal naval biography written by the Poet Laureate shortly after Admiral Horatio Nelson’s death. Drawing on letters, dispatches, and firsthand accounts, Southey presents Nelson as a heroic, morally exemplary figure, emphasising duty, patriotism, and personal sacrifice. The book blends factual narrative with Romantic idealisation, shaping the enduring public image of Nelson. Its eloquent prose and nationalistic tone made it one of the most influential biographies of the nineteenth century.
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A first edition, two volume set of Southey’s ‘Life of Nelson’ published by John Murray in 1813. A very good pair – endpapers renewed. Bound in contemporary half-calf with gilt titles and marbled boards which are rubbed.
Accompanying the books is a walking stick made from the oak and copper from Nelson’s flagship, ‘HMS Foudroyant’. HMS Foudroyant was an 80-gun ship of the line originally built for the French Navy and captured by the British in 1758. Renamed ‘Foudroyant’, she became one of the Royal Navy’s finest warships. Admiral Horatio Nelson made her his flagship during the Mediterranean campaign from 1795 to 1798, including the period leading up to the Battle of the Nile. Renowned for her speed, strength, and handling, ‘Foudroyant’ symbolised British naval power in the late eighteenth century. After long service, she became a training ship and later a public attraction, before being wrecked in a storm off Blackpool in 1897.
Robert Southey’s ‘Life of Nelson’ (1813) is a seminal naval biography written by the Poet Laureate shortly after Admiral Horatio Nelson’s death. Drawing on letters, dispatches, and firsthand accounts, Southey presents Nelson as a heroic, morally exemplary figure, emphasising duty, patriotism, and personal sacrifice. The book blends factual narrative with Romantic idealisation, shaping the enduring public image of Nelson. Its eloquent prose and nationalistic tone made it one of the most influential biographies of the nineteenth century.
