The Life and Services of Horatio Viscount Nelson. by CLARKE,…

London: Peter Jackson, Late Fisher, Son & Co., c.1860. 3 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. An elegant mid Victorian full calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and ornate gilt tooling to the panels. Armorial bookplate of Alfred Dent and a neat ink inscription to him 'On leaving Eton Christmas 1862' on the first blank. Embellished with 3 engraved frontispieces, 3 engraved titles and a further 43 engraved portraits and views. Complete, as listed. Slight foxing to, and facing, the plates as usual. A particularly attractive set of this much admired biography.