A List Of The Flag Officers Of His Majesty’s Fleet:.
Bound in original maroon morocco, gilt, with decorated borders and inner dentelles; spine in compartments, decorated gilt. All edges gilt and marbled endpapers. Extremities worn, but spine expertly rebacked. Fine clean interior with some early ink amendments as intended by the layout of the book.
£250.00
Details
THE POST-TRAFALGAR NAVY
Publisher
Printed by M. and S. Brooke, Pater Noster Row.,
Place
London
Date
1811
Synopsis
With the dates of their first commissions, as admirals, vice-admirals, rear-admirals, and captains. [bound with] an alphabetical list of the post captains, commanders, and lieutenants, of his majesty's fleet: with the dates of their first commissions. [spine title]: sea officers 1. jan. 1811.
Item Description
8vo. 4.5 x 7.25 inches. [xxxviii] + 189 pp. + 262 pp. + [2]. Alternate pages of the first list have blank recto.
Notes
A guide to the officers of the post-Trafalgar Royal Navy issued by the Admiralty-Office, 1 January 1811. The first list is arranged by rank and then by date of seniority; the second is a single alphabetical sequence by name, indicating rank and seniority. This two part list first appeared in 1758 (see ESTC) and seems to have been published until at least as late as 1845 (according to the holdings of the National Maritime Museum). It is less common than the small format Steel's Navy List published 1782-1814 (a list of officers, ships and establishments) and is principally designed to indicate seniority of rank. A scarce publication; COPAC lists an 1812 edition in the London Library, but there is no record for the 1811, other than in the British Library.
[Stock No. 21687]
