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JENKINS, J. The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies, from 1799 to 1815. London (printed for J. Jenkins... by L. Harrison & J. C. Leigh) no date (1814-1829).

Folio (about 355x285 mm.). Engraved handcoloured frontispiece ("vignette title"), engraved titlepage with handcoloured vignette, engraved handcoloured dedication leaf to the Duke of Wellington, Dedication to Duke of Wellington 2 pp., Description of vignette title (verso blank), Introduction 4 pp., Contents (list of plates) 2 pp., 60 unnumbered leaves of text (lacks List of subscribers). Handcoloured engraved frontispiece, engraved title with handcoloured vignette, engraved handcoloured dedication leaf, 51 engraved handcoloured plates (with tissue-paper, some small damages to tissue-papers) by T. Sutherland, D. Havell, M. Dubourg, J. Hill et al from drawings by William Heath (all, minor foxing).
New black half calf, spine in six compartments, uncut. Minor foxing.

Tooley, English Books with Coloured Plates 1790 to 1860, 281.
Text watermarked Whatman 1812, engraved dedication leaf and one plate Whatman 1829.

Auktionsnummer:

6140

Datum:

2019-06-14