8vo. In two volumes. viii, 253, [3]; viii, 280pp. With half-titles, an engraved portrait frontispiece of Nelson to Vol. I, and engraved reproductions of his signature as frontispiece to Vol. II. Contemporary gilt-ruled red morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines a trifle dulled. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplates of Thomas Baring to FEPs, near contemporary inked ownership inscription of Acheson to front blank fly-leaves. The first edition, first issue, with page 258 of Vol. II incorrectly paginated.

Robert Southey (1774-1843), English romantic poet. Appointed Poet Laureate in the same year as the first publication of this enduring biography of the English naval hero Horatio, Lord Nelson. An enduring, laudatory and patriotic portrait, the work has remained in print for the majority of its 200-year history.