NELSON, Horatio (1758-1805) - The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, London, 1814, 2 vols., 8vo, contemporary half morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION. With 5 other works of related interest in 12 vols. (14)

NELSON, Horatio, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758-1805) - The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton; with a Supplement of Interesting Letters, by Distinguished Characters. London: For Thomas Lovewell & Co., 1814. 2 volumes, 8vo (207 x 130mm). Half titles (occasional light spotting). Contemporary dark blue half morocco and marbled boards, spines lettered and decorated in gilt (boards and extremities of spines rubbed). FIRST EDITION. With another copy, the two volumes bound in one, in original or contemporary cloth, and with old signature of "[?]August. [?]B. Hamilton" on the titles [see illustrations] (head of title of first vol. torn away with loss of one word), and with an unusual bookplate with "Nelson" printed beneath an engraved profile portrait; together with Nicholas Harris Nicolas's The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson (London, 1845, 7 vols., 8vo, engraved portrait, original cloth, some modern repairs), The Collection of Autograph Letters and Historical Documents formed by Alfred Morrison (Second Series, 1882-1893) ([London], "Printed for Private Circulation", 1893-94, 2 vols., 4to, original hessian-backed paper boards), The Barker Collection. Manuscripts of and relating to Admiral Lord Nelson briefly noted by Sir John Knox Laughton, Knight, with Three Facsimiles ([London], 1913, 4to, 3 folding plates, original tan-morocco green cloth boards) and Warren R. Dawson's The Nelson Collection at Lloyd's (London, 1932, 4to, original armorial cloth, remnants of dust-jacket). (14)