The Life of Nelson

Robert Southey, 1774-1843, The Life of Nelson, Published by…
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Robert Southey, 1774-1843, The Life of Nelson, Published by John Murray, Bookseller to the Board of Longitude, Albemarle Street, London, 1828, 4 vols, red morocco with gilt covers, marbled end papers, Illustrated with 13 letters and documents, 94 portraits, 54 views, naval scenes and monuments, autographs, 2 sketches of Lady Hamilton, four battle plans, (one coloured) plus a Nelson Memorial with letters, extracts and proceedings for Lord Nelson's funeral 1805-1806., each volume 41 x 31.7 cm. Other Notes: The considerable extra inclusions relating to the life and death of Lord Nelson in this extraordinary work were to the commission of the London branch of the Astor family and include an attached receipt from the bookseller, Francis Harvey, 4 St James Street, S.W. dated 1877.

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  • Marbling - A descriptive term for a finish applied to plastic, ceramics, glass, plaster or wood to imitate the colours and characteristic markings of various marble types. For moulded items such as the first three above, the marbling is within the item.

    Interiors and furniture were marbled from from the early 17th century to the late Victorian period. The craft was practiced by skilled decorators using a combination of brushes and sponges. Some of the finishes achieved were so realistic as to make it difficult to distinguish the marbled surface from the marble surface.

    Marbling is also a term applied to a finish for paper as often seen in the front and endpapers of old books. The marbling is achieved by floating the colours on water and then transferring them to paper. However the marbling finish on paper, as with the marbling finish on plastics, with its multitude of colours has little resemblance to naturally occurring marble.

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