CELEBRATING NELSON'S VICTORY AT TRAFALGAR
A form of prayer and thanksgiving to almighty God; to be used In all Churches and Chapels throughout those Parts of the United Kingdom called England and Ireland, on Thursday the Fifth Day of December 1805, being the Day appointed by His Majesty's Royal Proclamation for a General thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the late signal and important Victory obtained by His Majesty's Ships of War, under the Command of the late Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, over the combined Fleets of France and Spain.
London.
Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printer's to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1805.
First edition.
Quarto.
11pp, [1]. Uncut and stitched, as issued. Very occasional light spotting.
A crisp copy of the sole edition of a liturgy to be used on the day of national thanksgiving in celebration of the British victory at Trafalgar. The general order nominating the day of thanksgiving was signed by Nelson's second-in-command at the battle, Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood (1748-1810) off Cape Trafalgar 22nd October, 1805. The date was made official on 6th November.
OCLC records copies at 10 locations (Cambridge, Edinburgh, Ernest and Bernice Styberg Library, John Kinder Theological Library, Manchester, Missouri-Columbia, Morgan, NYPL, Princeton, and Texas); COPAC adds no further.
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref: 24447
OCLC records copies at 10 locations (Cambridge, Edinburgh, Ernest and Bernice Styberg Library, John Kinder Theological Library, Manchester, Missouri-Columbia, Morgan, NYPL, Princeton, and Texas); COPAC adds no further.
