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Letter from an officer of the naval army of France to the Hon. Admiral Keppel, dated on board a French Squadron off Ushant, 9th of August, 1778 = Lettre d'un officier de l'armée navale de France à M. l'amiral Keppel à bord d'une escadre Françoise, près d'Ouessant, le 9 août 1778
Title
Letter from an officer of the naval army of France to the Hon. Admiral Keppel, dated on board a French Squadron off Ushant, 9th of August, 1778 = Lettre d'un officier de l'armée navale de France à M. l'amiral Keppel à bord d'une escadre Françoise, près d'Ouessant, le 9 août 1778 / translated from the original, printed at Brest, with some notes.
Publication
London : [publisher not identified], MDCCLXXVIII [1778]
Physical Description
36 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : 1 plan ; 21 cm (8vo)
Medium
rdabf
Local Notes
BEIN College Pamphlets 1789 5: Manuscript annotations.
Notes
Imprint on French parallel title page: A Brest : [publisher not identified], MDCCLXXVIII.
On English title page: With an engraved plan of the principal evolutions of the fleets, in the engagement off Ushant; on French title page: Avec le plan figurè des principales èvolutions des armèes, au combat d'Oueffant.
Appendix contains a copy of a letter from Admiral Keppel to Philip Stephens, Secretary of the Admiralty of Englishmen killed and wounded in the battle.
Folded leaf of plates is a plan of the naval battle, captioned: An engraved plan of the principal evolutions in the sea fight off Ushant, on July 27th, 1778, according to the English account.
Erratum, page 36.
Text in French and English on opposite pages.
Variant and related titles
Lettre d'un officier de l'armée navale de France à M. l'amiral Keppel à bord d'une escadre Françoise, près d'Ouessant, le 9 août 1778
Half title: Letter from a sea-officer of France to the Honourable Admiral Keppel
Format
Books
Language
English; French
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
References
English short title catalogue, T132968
Echeverria, D. French image of America, 778/53.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
History.
Naval history.
Letters - France - 18th century.
Tracts (literary works)
Annotations - 18th century.
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