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Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

First edition, 8vo, 30pp., woodcut vignette on title, errata slip after title, folding map engraved by T. Jefferys of "La Rade de Basque" and a large folding engraved plate of "Fort de l'Aiguille, Fort Fouras and the Fort in the Island of Aix, and a Prospect of the Land about the Mouth of the River Charante, from Fort de la Aiguille to l'Isle Madame, taken art about 5 Miles distant", disbound pamphlet. Admiral Knowles was second in command with his flag in the "Neptune", under Sir Edward Hawke in the abortive expedition against Rochefort in 1757. Knowles's conduct and the conduct of the military commander, Lieutenant-General Sir John Mordaunt, provoked considerable criticism. Knowles was among those reproached for this failure and responded with a pamphlet, "The Conduct of Admiral Knowles on the Late Expedition Set in a True Light, 1758". This met with scant favour, and a notice of it in the Critical Review was so extreme that the editor, Tobias Smollett, was tried for libel and sentenced to a £100 fine and three months imprisonment. He was superseded in his command and, though he retained his flag in the "Royal Anne", guardship at Portsmouth, he had no further active service in the English navy. Sabin, 38150; Goldsmith, 9428.…

8vo. pp. 30. 1 folding map engraved by Thomas Jefferys & 2 engraved plates (1 folding with views of 3 forts & prospect of land at the mouth of the River Charante). woodcut title vignette. disbound. Second Edition. Admiral Knowles' was second in command to Sir Edward Hawkes during the abortive expedition against Rochefort in 1757. Knowles' conduct and the conduct of the military commander, Lieutenant-General Sir John Mordaunt, provoked considerable criticism. cfGoldsmiths' 9428.…

First edition. 8vo. Disbound pamphlet with endpapers still attached. Lightly tones, else very good. [4], 58pp. London, M. Cooper, An account of Admiral Vernon's disastrous attack on Carthagena, ". written in a very bitter tone against the army". This battle occurred during the 1739-1748 War of Jenkin's Ear between the British and the Spanish, with most of the action occurring in the Caribbean. Cartagena des Indias is on the coast of present-day Colombia.    A publisher's note verso of the half-title directs readers to the plan of the city and harbour of Carthagena published in the London Magazine for April 1740, ". which will serve to give a clearer Idea of its Contents."   Sabin, 11128; ESTC, T18830.…