1830 US NAVY WARSHIPS BATTLES, WAR OF 1812, OLIVER H. PERRY BATTLE LAKE ERIE

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1830 US NAVY WARSHIPS BATTLES, WAR OF 1812, OLIVER H. PERRY BATTLE LAKE ERIE:
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1830 VERY GOOD CONDITION. BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE, OLIVER HAZARD PERRY\'S VICTORY OVER THE BRITISH NAVY. THE NAVAL MONUMENT, Containing Official and Other Accounts Of All The Battles Fought Between The Navies Of The United States and Great Britain During The Late War; And An Account Of The War With Algiers, With 25 Engravings. To Which is Annexed A Naval Register for 1815 listing the name, rank, commission dates, pay per month, and daily rations of every man serving in the United States Navy. Also: the Officers of the Marine Corps, with their full name, rank, and commission date. List of the American Navy ships, their commanders, and number of guns. The book is indexed. By Abel Bowen.“To The Officers Of The United States Navy, Who By Their Bravery And Skill Have Exalted The American Character, Secured The Applause Of Their Country, And Excited The Admiration Of The World; This Volume Is Most Respectfully Dedicated, By Their Most Ob’t And Humble Serv’t. A. Bowen.”Published by George Clark, Boston, 1830. 367 mostly immaculate pages aged to an ivory color, intermittent light foxing. Beautifully rebound in black faux Morocco leather with gilt titling and gilt rule on the spine. An important and lovely book. The book measures 9” tall x 5-1/2” wide x 1-1/2” thick or 22.9, 14, 3.8cm. Abel Bowen (1790-1850) was an American engraver, publisher, historian, and author. Bowen was born in New York in 1790. Arriving in Boston in 1812, he worked as a printer for the Columbian Museum, at the time under the proprietorship of his uncle, Daniel Bowen. In 1814 Abel married Eliza Healey of Hudson, New York. He joined the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association in 1828. In the 1830s Bowen and others formed the Boston Bewick Company, which published the American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge. 1830 US NAVY WARSHIPS BATTLES, WAR OF 1812, OLIVER H. PERRY BATTLE LAKE ERIE 1830 US NAVY WARSHIPS & BATTLES, WAR OF 1812, U.S. COMMODORE OLIVER HAZARD PERRY\'S GREAT VICTORY AT THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE

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THE NAVAL MONUMENT, Containing Official and Other Accounts Of All The Battles Fought Between The Navies Of The United States and Great Britain During The Late War; And An Account Of The War With Algiers, With 25 Engravings. To Which is Annexed A Naval Register for 1815 listing the name, rank, commission dates, pay per month, and daily rations of every man serving in the United States Navy. Also: the Officers of the Marine Corps, with their full name, rank, and commission date. List of the American Navy ships, their commanders, and number of guns. The book is indexed. By Abel Bowen.

“To The Officers Of The United States Navy, Who By Their Bravery And Skill Have Exalted The American Character, Secured The Applause Of Their Country, And Excited The Admiration Of The World; This Volume Is Most Respectfully Dedicated, By Their Most Ob’t And Humble Serv’t. A. Bowen.”

Published by George Clark, Boston, 1830.

367 mostly immaculate pages aged to an ivory color, intermittent light foxing.

Beautifully rebound in black faux Morocco leather with gilt titling and gilt rule on the spine. An important and lovely book. The book measures 9” tall x 5-1/2” wide x 1-1/2” thick or 22.9, 14, 3.8cm.

Abel Bowen(1790-1850) was an American engraver, publisher, historian, and author. Bowen was born in New York in 1790. Arriving in Boston in 1812, he worked as a printer for the Columbian Museum, at the time under the proprietorship of his uncle, Daniel Bowen. In 1814 Abel married Eliza Healey of Hudson, New York. He joined the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association in 1828. In the 1830s Bowen and others formed the Boston Bewick Company, which published the American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge.

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