MORRISON (Alfred). The Collection of Autograph Letters and Historical Documents Formed by Alfred Morrison. (Second Series, 1882-1893). The Hamilton & Nelson Papers. Volume I: 1756-1797 [Volume II: 1798-1815.]1893

London: Printed for Private Circulation, First edition, 2 vols., 4to, viii, 231, [1]; viii, 430pp., endpapers spotted, orig. cloth-backed boards, a little soiled and rubbed, printed paper spine labels chipped, uncut. The papers printed in these two volumes extend from 1756 to the death of Lady Hamilton in 1815. The earliest papers form the correspondence of Sir William Hamilton, and are almost exclusively of the period after his appointment as Ambassador to the Court of Naples; they include letters to and from some of the best known men of the time, and are full of details of the most interesting social and political events of the day. The second volume covers the years 1798 to 1815. The real interest of the series begins with the victory of the Nile and closes with Trafalgar; and the central object of that interest is the figure of Nelson. A highly important reference work, privately printed in a small number.