The book set by Edward Pelham Brenton is one of the best books on British naval history. The five volume set is an original printing from London. Each volume has maps and errata from the years 1783-1822 and is illustrated, with Leather front binding. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of the British Navy.

1823 Naval History of Great Britain 1783-1822 5 Volumes Complete Set. by Edward Pelham Brenton/Maps/Errata pages.

Size 5.5/8” x 8.5” Book Covers have some imperfections (note Volume 4), other have some separation on endboards,(See Photos),marbleized endpapers and end pages. They contain Bookplate of Mr. Henley Smith. The pages and maps are exceptionally clean for 200 year old books.

Found this information about possible owner Mr. Henley Smith.

Henley Grose-Smith (1833–1911) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.

Grose-Smith described many new taxa of butterflies from his own collections and those of Walter Rothschild. His collections were sold to James John Joicey in 1910. Most of his type specimens are in the Natural History Museum London.

Here is some information about Author.

Captain Edward Pelham Brenton CB (20 July 1774 – 13 April 1839) was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars whose military career was relatively quiet, apart from involvement in the capture of Martinique in 1809. Brenton became famous in the aftermath of the war, when he published the Naval History of Great Britain from the Year 1783 to 1822 in 1823. The book was popular, but Brenton was criticised at the time and since for his failure to distinguish between fact and rumour as well as his partisan political leanings. In Brenton's later life, he was heavily involved in charitable enterprises in the poorer areas of London with mixed success.

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