A GROUP OF LONDON CHRONICLES CONTAINING THE FIRST REPORTAGE ...

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£500 - £800

A GROUP OF LONDON CHRONICLES CONTAINING THE FIRST REPORTAGE OF THE BATTLE OF THE NILE, 1798

previously bound, comprising nine complete and original issues numbered 6172; 6175-6182 inc. printed on laid paper with red tax stamps spanning 20 September - 16th October 1798 with full and detailed coverage of the battle and its aftermath, with related reports on the action and Nelson and including a curious report of the messenger carrying Nelson’s dispatches to the King being held up by a highwayman and who, on understanding the importance of the contents of his bag returned the papers to him, but took eight guineas, and accounts of how the news arrived in Paris etc., fuller details available via department, each -- 11½ x 8½in. (29 x 21.5cm.)

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Good condition, 6172 is loose, the rest retain partial binding and remain en bloc.