Cooper Willyams - Scene during the Battle of the Nile

Scene during the Battle of the Nile

Auction Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History Including the Library of Colin and Joan Deacon, lot 163 Sale 2018
A voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's ship the Swiftsure... under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson... with a description of the Battle of the Nile. London: T. Bensley for J. White, 1802
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FIRST EDITION, 4to (285 x 222mm.), hand-coloured double-page folding engraved chart of the Mediterranean, engraved dedication with hand-coloured coat-of-arms, 41 hand-coloured aquatint plates

Willyams, a chaplain and an artist, was present at the Battle of the Nile in which the French forces of Napoleon were beaten by Horatio Nelson.