THE NAVAL TEMPLE - Containing A Complete History Of The Battles Fought By The Navy Of The United States. From Its Establishment In 1794, To The Present Time; including the Wars with France, with Tripoli, the Late War with Great Britain and with Algiers, With Elegant Engravings representing Battles, &c. [Extra-illustrated w/ 12 wood cuts of ships]

Kimball, Horace

Published by Barber Badger, Boston, 1816

About this Item

vii, (4), 10-258, (12) plates pages; Bound in contemporary brown calf boards with leather rebacking, original red leather title label; engraved title plus 16 engraved plates; lacks frontispiece (provided in facsimile); scattered foxing and tidemarks to first few and last several leaves (including plates); first leaf of Appendix (245-26) missing lower half (provided in facsimile); new endpapers. OCLC 3269117 Origin of the U.S. Navy, significant engagements, ships' captains, ship histories, "Naval Poetry" on pages [228]-243. Kimball's account of the battles fought by the United States Navy, from its inception to the War of 1812 -- tactics, strategies, and outcomes of many battles, as well as the key figures involved. The book also includes biographical sketches of notable naval officers and descriptions of the ships and weapons used in the battles. Engraved plates attributed to M. Corne, P. Maverick, Read, etc. The plates engraved by Peter Maverick and one by Read are "Printed by Saml. Maverick, N.Y." In addition to the engravings called for in the table of contents, there are twelve wood engravings bound in at the end of the text, including 'President and Plantagenet,' 'Constitution and Java,' 'Constitution's Escape from Tenedos and Endymion,' 'Hornet and Penguin,' 'Wasp and Frolic,' 'Hornet and Peacock,' 'Constitution and Guerriere,' 'Constitution,Cyane and Levant,' 'Essex and Alert,' 'Chesapeake and Shannon,' 'Enterprise and Boxer,' 'Hornet Blockading the Bonne Citoyenne.' Quite scarce in this original first edition with the additional 12 wood cut plates. Howes K135 Shaw & Shoemaker 36781 Stephens (The Mavericks) lists the two Maverick views of the Battle of Lake Erie (773 & 774).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE NAVAL TEMPLE - Containing A Complete History Of The Battles Fought By The Navy Of The United States. From Its Establishment In 1794, To The Present Time; including the Wars with France, with Tripoli, the Late War with Great Britain and with Algiers, With Elegant Engravings representing Battles, &c. [Extra-illustrated w/ 12 wood cuts of ships]
• Publisher: Barber Badger, Boston
• Publication Date: 1816
• Binding: Leather
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good-
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana and American History
  • Travel and Exploration
  • Military History