Description
A voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's ship the Swiftsure... London: for J. White, 1802. 4to, hand-coloured double page folding engraved chart of the Mediterranean, engraved dedication with hand coloured coat-of-arms, 41 hand coloured aquatint plates including a plan of the Battle of the Nile, contemporary diced russia with gilt greek-key border, flat spine gilt, some light spotting and offsetting, neatly rebacked, corners repaired, bookplate
Footnote
Note: Abbey Travel 196
A handsome copy with hand-coloured plates. Willyams was chaplain on the Swiftsure in Nelson's squadron and gives an illustrated eye-witness account of the Battle of the Nile.