LOT 3182
19th February 2019
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LOT 3182
NAVAL HISTORY. To the Marine Society, in Praise of the Great and Good Work They Have Done by Clothing and Fitting Out the Sea-Service, 2682 Men and 1868 Boys in the Space of Fifteen Months, to the 6th October Last. London: [n.d. but circa 1757]. 19pp., 4to (239 x 199mm.) (Some spotting to margins.) Stitched. Note: a celebration and appreciation of the Marine society for clothing young sailors for their own, and the national good ('my pen cannot describe the abject condition I have seen many of them in… you not only cover their nakedness, but cure their bodies of diseases, and if they follow your prescriptions, their souls also'. - And a collection of disbound articles and reports (including 'The Queen's Letter to the King', 1810') (quantity).
Hammer price: £110
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