An Exact Representation of the English & French Fleets: Laurie & Whittle 1798

Title: An Exact Representation of the English & French Fleets Author: Laurie & Whittle Date: 1798 Medium: Hand-colored engraving Condition: Very Good Plus - age toning, contemporary color (refreshed), cleaned and backed to tissue for stability, marginal loss into text at bottom with skillful reinstation of a few words and missing paper Inches: 24 x 18 1/2 [Paper] Centimeters: 60.96 x 46.99 [Paper] Product ID: 314025 An Exact Representation of the English & French Fleets under the Command of Rear Admiral Sr. Horatio Nelson K.B. & Admiral Brueys off the Mouth of the Nile, on the 1st of August 1798. Published 18th Octr. 1798 by Laurie & Whittle No. 53 Fleet Street. An exceedingly rare English broadside account of Nelson’s victory at The Battle of the Nile. Printed on heavy paper, the piece's upper register shows a hand-colored map of the Egyptian coast near the mouth of the Nile. Also features a vignette insert of "the Castle" and the Bay of Bequire. T