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London: Henry Colburn, 1817. The Fall of Emperor Napoleon I and the Victory of the English Armies Illustrated with Twenty-Eight Superb Hand Colored Aquatint Plates MUDFORD, William. CRUIKSHANK, George. An Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815, Under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, and Marshall Prince Blucher. Comprising the Battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras, and Waterloo; with a Detailed Narrative of the Political Events connected with Those Memorable Conflicts Down to the Surrender of Paris and the Departure of Bonaparte for St. Helena... Embellished with a Series of Plates, descriptive of the country between Brussels and Charleroi, from Drawings made on the Spot by James Rouse, Esq. Also a Plan of the Battles , and a Map, shewing the March of the Allied Armies to Paris. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1817. First edition of this story of the fall of Emperor Napoleon I and the victory of the English armies. Large quarto (12 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches; 324 x 273 mm.).…
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HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE CAMPAIGN IN THE NETHERLANDS, IN 1815, UNDER HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, AND MARSHAL PRINCE BLUCHER, COMPRISING THE BATTLES OF LIGNY, QUATRE BRAS, AND WATERLOO;.
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London.: Henry Colburn., 1817. ."WITH A DETAILED NARRATIVE OF THE POLITICAL EVENTS CONNECTED WITH THOSE MEMORABLE CONFLICTS, DOWN TO THE SURRENDER OF PARIS, AND THE DEPARTURE OF BONAPARTE FOR ST. HELENA".xviii, 368pp.Calf leather, gilt lettering on spine.Marbelized text block."Illustrated by numerous public and private official documents, and other papers, hitherto unpublished, communicated by officers of the highest distinction". 30 PLATES LISTED IN THE "DESCRIPTION" ARE PRESENT BEING: 27 beautiful hand multicolored full page plates "descriptive of the country between Brussels and Charleroi", 1 folding COLOR plate (Battle of Waterloo), and 2 two-toned fold-out plan of the battles with nicely engraved cartouche and map showing the march of the Allied Armies to Paris by Sy. Hall. Frontis piece and title page are colored plates drawn and sketched by G. Cruikshank. Contents inlude a description of the plates, an errata slip, explanation of the figures which are marked in the plan, preliminary observations, etc.Modern professional binding.Ex-library with minimal markings.Additional shipping and handling charges may apply for weight of volume.Some light foxing, overall a very good if not better copy. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. First Edition.. Leather.. Very Good+. Illus. by Rouse, James..
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An Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands AND Robert Bowyer's "The Campaign of Waterloo"
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Henry Colburn, 1817 & 1816. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. An Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815. First edition, 28 hand-coloured aquatint plates, including additional title, 2 folding maps, slight occasional odd few spots, folding map with some soiling and repaired splitting to folds, 2 repaired tears, modern full morocco by Lewis & Harris of Bath, gilt-panelled and tooled, all edges gilt. Large 4to, Henry Colburn, 1817. A Fine copy. The best plates we have seen on this work, very attractively bound in period style full morocco. Offered together with an incomplete but also in Fine condition copy of Robert Bowyer's "The Campaign of Waterloo", 34pp. and 5 plates only, bound without the appendix and 2 associated portrait plates, but with all text and colour plates present, later half morocco, rebacked, folio, Robert Bowyer, 1816. Colour plates in Fine condition commensurate with the Mudford. A clean copy. A Fine set - the "Ultimate Waterloo"? More photographs or…
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AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE CAMPAIGN IN THE NETHERLANDS IN 1815, UNDER HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON . . . COMPRISING THE BATTLES OF LIGNY, QUATRE BRAS, AND WATERLOO
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London: Henry Colburn, 1817. FIRST EDITION. 322 x 274 mm. (12 3/4 x 10 3/4"). One volume extended to two.. SUMPTUOUS CRIMSON STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, GILT, BY MORRELL (stamp-signed on front turn-ins) covers with wide frame decorated with Neoclassical ornaments, raised bands, spine compartments framed by volutes and flowers, gilt lettering, gilt-framed turn-ins, scarlet watered silk endleaves, leather hinges, top edges gilt. WITH 30 HAND-COLORED PLATES, as called for, including a double-page view of the Battle of Waterloo, a folding battle plan for Ligny, and a folding map of the route from Brussels to Paris, the last two expertly repaired and backed in linen, and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 66 PLATES, eight of these hand-colored, most portraits of military leaders. With "Portraits of General Officers" used as the frontispiece, as in Abbey, in place of the seldom-seen plate, "Waterloo, in Memory of Shaw of the Life Guards," that appears in some copies (but is not on the list of plates). With an ALS dated…
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Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands (Waterloo)
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1817. First Edition . (NAPOLEON) MUDFORD, William. An Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815, under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, and Marshal Prince Blucher, Comprising the Battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras, and Waterloo… London: Henry Colburn, 1817. Folio (11 by 13 inches), contemporary full tan calf rebacked with original gilt-decorated spine neatly laid down, original marbled endpapers, marbled edges. $12,000.First edition of this beautifully illustrated history of the final battles against Napoleon's forces in the Netherlands, including his historic defeat at Waterloo. With double-page plate depicting the raging battle of Waterloo, engraved extra title page, a large folding map, a double-page map, and 26 full-page plates, all save the maps aquatint engravings with vivid hand-coloring. Handsomely bound in nicely restored contemporary calf-gilt.Mudford's work chronicles in detail and unabashedly celebrates the fall of Napoleon and the victory of the Allied…
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