Klubbat för:

1 400 SEK

Estimate

2 000 SEK

Description

MILITARY PLATE. EBEN, Fredric von (efter). The Swedish Army. ("A Grenadier of the Life Guard - Grenadier de la Garde"). London, Ackermann, 1808.
Engraved and handcoloured plate of a Swedish officer in the days of the Napoleon wars, c. 300 x 215 mm. Engraved by N. Heideloff. First edition.

This plate is numbered 7, in handwriting. In passepartout. Title in handwriting under the image.

The regiments portraid by Eben were stationed in Swedish Pommern during the Napoleonic wars. Fredric von Eben´s work "The Swedish Army" contains 25 plates. The plates were engraved by Heideloff, a German who after the French revolution moved from Paris to London and started to work for Ackerman. Rare.

Condition

Only some minor spotting.

Auktionsnummer:

517973

Date:

2018-02-10

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