[Rarebooks] FS: THE LETTERS OF LORD NELSON TO LADY HAMILTON.

[Kaaterskill Books]

We offer for Sale:

Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount; Hamilton, Emma, Lady.  THE LETTERS 
OF LORD NELSON TO LADY HAMILTON; WITH A SUPPLEMENT OF INTERESTING 
LETTERS, BY DISTINGUISHED CHARACTERS. [Two Volumes]. London: Printed 
by Macdonald for T. Lovewell, 1814. xii, 273 pp.; 264 pp. 8vo. 
Quarterbound calf over marble paper-covered boards (hardback), gilt 
lettering and devices, morocco spine labels.  First edition.

"Emma fell in love with Nelson after the Battle of the Nile (1798), 
when she and her husband William Hamilton, the British Ambassador at 
Naples, offered the wounded victor hospitality. Emma and Nelson 
returned to England in 1800 where a daughter was born. The affair was 
an international scandal, but it enhanced Nelson's reputation as a 
romantic hero. At his death, in 1805, Nelson entrusted Emma's care to 
the nation, but this was ignored by the government. She died a pauper 
in France in 1813." Increasing hard to find.

Boards rubbed, spines with some scuffing, small tears to head of 
spine and at front hinge on one volume, old bookseller's description 
to front paste down, occasional foxing, binding solid, leaves clean, 
overall still about very good in clear archival wrappers.   [25785] 
$650.00

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