BOWYER, Robert The Campaign of Waterloo, illustrated with engravings of Les Quatre Bras, La Belle Alliance, Hougoumont, La Haye Sainte, and other principal scenes of action; including a correct military plan, together with a grand view of the battle...
Estimation :
400 / 500
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
on a large scale. To which is prefixed a history of the campaign, compiled from official documents and other authentic sources. 1816London,T. Bensley & Son,folio, half leather (1st ff. loose, rubbed on joints, sl. def. on head & tail), embossed green paper on covers (rubbed at the edges, rep. on lower cover, bumped corners), [2]-34-10 pp (occ. foxing). Good copy.
5 fine coloured aquatints on three plates, folding coloured aquatint of the Battle of Waterloo (3 tears rep.), full-page engr. map, one vignette to the text (island of St Helene), a fac simile of signatures (loosely inserted). Also bound into this vol. are the 2 engr. with some hundred portraits of the "Sovereigns, Warriors, and Statesmen who have eminently signalised themselves in the Campaigns of Moscow, Leipsic, France, and Waterloo". (Loosely inserted a 2nd copy of the second pl.).
5 fine coloured aquatints on three plates, folding coloured aquatint of the Battle of Waterloo (3 tears rep.), full-page engr. map, one vignette to the text (island of St Helene), a fac simile of signatures (loosely inserted). Also bound into this vol. are the 2 engr. with some hundred portraits of the "Sovereigns, Warriors, and Statesmen who have eminently signalised themselves in the Campaigns of Moscow, Leipsic, France, and Waterloo". (Loosely inserted a 2nd copy of the second pl.).
