(Military Atlas- Thematic Maps, Charts, Letters, Crests): Atlas to the Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough Containing Armorial Bearings, Fac Similes, Maps, and Military Plans

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown (Paternoster-Row), 1820. Large 11 inch 4to., with attractive contemporary half-leather, marbeled paper boards, gilt lettered spine; binding tight. Newer endpapers, mild offsetting to verso of a few plates, mild foxing a few plates. All 22 maps / plans / charts / armorial crests and facsimile documents are in very good condition. Battle plans are color coded for troop positions. There are maps of German operations in 1704 (before and after the battle of Blenheim), attack plan on the Schellenberg, battle plan of Blenheim, map of operations on the Moselle, plan of attack on French lines in Brabant, plan of battle of Ramilies, map for the siege of Ostend, outline map for campaign of 1707-08, pland of battle of Oudenard, map for siege of Lille, map of Confederate opertions 1709, battle plan of Malplaquet. Several notes in facsimile are present. This is a very nice first edition of this thematic atlas dealing with British empire history. This was the atlas to Coxe's "Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough". There were two slightly later editions, with slightly varied format, coming 20 or more years after this initial edition. Several of the pages here are uncut, with several of the maps quite large and folding. . First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.