The glory of Her Sacred Majesty Queen Anne, in the Royal Navy, and her absolute sovereignty as empress of the sea, asserted and vindicated. Also a treatise of navigation and commerce : with some remarks on the Royal Hospital at Greenwich; and improving the woollen manufactury.

Dedication signed: Joseph Gander.

Prelim. includes dedications to Queen Anne and Prince George.

T.p. lettering in various fonts within double ruled border.

Engraved frontispiece with port. of Queen Anne and illustration of naval ships, signed: Baston del., M. v dr. Gucht sculp.

Text on watermarked paper.

Includes bibliographical footnotes.

English short title catalogue, t102190

decorative endpapers and binding Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand, 2006

Alexander Turnbull Library copy exhibited ; REng GAND Glory 1703 (343421) : Simple to Sumptuous: Bookbindings 1450 to the Present. 5 April - 19 July 2008

Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy (accession number 343421) exhibited: “The Book Beautiful”, National Library of New Zealand, 2 Mar - 22 May 2015. Upper cover. Clio 555529

Binding: early 18th century, English, red morocco onlaid in black, gold tooled in all-over style, central panel ; gold tooled edges and turn-ins; spine with raised bands, gold tooled in decorated compartments, one compartment onlaid in black, red morocco spine label; gilt and gauffered text edges; metallic varnish endpapers of gold on a green ground. Red linen four flap wallet enclosure; red calf slip case with spine tooled in gilt , imitation raised bands, spine label in green morocco. Bound by the "Geometrical Compartment Binder" (cf. Nixon, H.M. History of decorated bookbinding in England. 1992. p. 80, Fig. 81). Spine title: Gander Royal Navy. Spine title on slip case: Queen Anne in the Royal Navy. J. Gander. Provenance: armorial bookplate of the Rt. Hon. the Lord Charles Noel Somerset (Franks, 27580); bookplate of Alex H. Turnbull. Acc. 343421.

Digital image available: decorative endpapers and binding of Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy. Details available on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing.