BOUND BOOKLETS. TRIALS OF COL. DESPARD, for Bent & Mudie 180...
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BOUND BOOKLETS. TRIALS OF COL. DESPARD, for Bent & Mudie 1803, with memoirs of Colonel Despard, 70pp; bound with [Byron, Lord]. Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, London: John Murray 1814, 5th edn, 17pp; bound with Description of the Field Of Battle, ..Waterloo, 1816, 12pp; bound with Proposals by Messrs Boydell and Co for Publishing a National Print ofthe Battle of Waterloo, London 1815, 2pp & folding plate; bound with Official Documents..,.Glorious Victory Obtained over the French Fleet... 1794, London 1794, 35pp, folding chart, folding lines of battle, full calf, lacking top of spine, 8vo Colonel Despard was the last man sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered in England, following the discovery of his plot to assassinate King George III. At Despard's trial for treason Nelson testified to Despard's early loyalty by citing their service together in the San Juan expedition of 1779.
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BOUND BOOKLETS. TRIALS OF COL. DESPARD, for Bent & Mudie 1803, with memoirs of Colonel Despard, 70pp; bound with [Byron, Lord]. Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, London: John Murray 1814, 5th edn, 17pp; bound with Description of the Field Of Battle, ..Waterloo, 1816, 12pp; bound with Proposals by Messrs Boydell and Co for Publishing a National Print ofthe Battle of Waterloo, London 1815, 2pp & folding plate; bound with Official Documents..,.Glorious Victory Obtained over the French Fleet... 1794, London 1794, 35pp, folding chart, folding lines of battle, full calf, lacking top of spine, 8vo Colonel Despard was the last man sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered in England, following the discovery of his plot to assassinate King George III. At Despard's trial for treason Nelson testified to Despard's early loyalty by citing their service together in the San Juan expedition of 1779.
