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5 400 SEK

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4 000 SEK

Beskrivning

ON THE BATTLES OF NAPOLEON WITH PLATES.
BOWYER (ROBERT). An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe, during the Years 1812, 1813, 1814, & 1815. Comprising a Series of Views of Paris, Moscow, the Kremlin, Dresden, Berlin, the Battles of Leipsic, etc. together with a History of those Momentous Transactions. London (T. Bensley) 1815.

Large folio (46,5x33 cm). 27, (1 blank), (22), (1), 30-76, (8) pp. With 19 partly folding mostly handcoloured aquatinta engraved plates and 2 engravings, together with text descriptions.

Bound together with:

BOWYER (ROBERT). The Campaign of Waterloo, illustrated with engravings of Les quatre bras... including a correct military plan together with a grand view of the battle... London (Bensely & son) 1816.
34, 10, (4, Appendix) pp.
2 engraved maps, 2 engraved portrait plates, 2 handcoloured aquatinta engraved plates, 1 folding handcoloured aquatinta engraved plate (Waterloo), 2 woodengravings in the text.

Contemporary binding with leather spine. Old red label on inside of cover Isseido (booksellers, Tokyo).

Includes fine views of Moscow (2), Smolensk, Berlin, Hamburg, Dresden, Paris, Frankfurt, Leipzig, The Hague, Amsterdam, in addition to views of the battlefields.

Konditionsrapport

Some plates damaged and spotted, folds, larger ones with some repairs, portraits spotting to margins, damaged and soiled binding.

Auktionsnummer:

332426

Datum:

2015-10-05