Lot 72
Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805)
Collection of printed ephemera
Auction: 16 June 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
Nelson's Wreath; or, British Glory: Containing a Collection of the most Favorite [sic] Sea, Convivial, and Other Songs. London: printed and sold by J. Davenport, [1802?]. First edition, 4to (18 x 12.5cm), 8p., stitched as issued, chapbook referring to the first naval battle of Copenhagen, woodcut illustration on title page, crudely trimmed on bottom margin but with no loss of text;
Nelson, or Victory in Death. [King's Lynn]: Sold at Susan Smith's Printing Office, Grass-market, Lynn, [1805]. Single sheet slip ballad (26.7 x 11cm), five 4-line stanzas, with woodcut illustrations at head, presumably printed shortly after the battle of Trafalgar;
A Dumpling for Buonaparte: by a Norwich Volunteer. [Norwich?]: Sold by Sudbury, Swaffham, [1798?]. Single sheet slip ballad (28.8 x 9.1cm), eight 4-line stanzas, presumably printed shortly after the battle of the Nile in 1798 [not recorded in ESTC, this is a separate printing from T195559];
Memorial of Lord Viscount Nelson, Novr. 12. 1805. [Cambridge: J. Fisher, 1805]. Single sheet (18 x 21.2cm) facsimile etching of Nelson's handwriting 'being the direction of a letter addressed to the commissary of the University of Cambridge, only nine days before his departure from Merton on the service of his country,' creased with dust soiling on the reverse;
The Times. No. 4298, Wednesday, October 3rd, 1798. [London: s.n., 187-?]. Folio, (43.5 x 29.6cm), 1870s facsimile of the issue of ‘The Times’ reporting on Nelson's victory at the naval battle of the Nile [bound with] facsimile of No. 5080 (April 16th, 1801) reporting on the first naval battle of Copenhagen [bound with] facsimile of No. 6572 (November 7th, 1805) reporting on Nelson's death at Trafalgar, with tears on inner margins and damage to outer margins;
The Times. No. 6629, London, Friday, January 10th, 1806. [London: s.n., 187-?]. Folio (44 x 28cm), [4]p., 1870s? facsimile of the issue of ‘The Times’ with description of the state funeral of Lord Nelson, with a copy of the “emblematical print” and a representation of the funeral car, with tears, piece missing from top left-hand margin with slight loss of text;
The Times. No. 6629, London, Friday, January 10th, 1806. [London]: Re-Printed and Published at the Office, 15, Wine Office Court. Fleet Street, E.C., [187-?]. Folio (43.5 x 29.8cm), [4]p., 1870s facsimile reprinted by Head and Meek of the issue of ‘The Times’ with description of the state funeral of Lord Nelson, with a copy of the ‘emblematical print’ and a representation of the funeral car;
The Times for November 7th 1805. Battle of Trafalgar [London: Head and Meek, 187-?]. Single sheet (43 x 35cm) pasted on backing paper, facsimile of newspaper hoarding/bill announcing news of the battle of Trafalgar (8)
Footnote
Nelson, or Victory in Death, ([1805]), the woman printer, Susan Smith, is not recorded in the archived iterations of the British Book Trade Index.