Historic, military, and naval anecdotes : of personal valour, bravery, and particular incidents which occured to the armies of Great Britain and her allies, in the last long-contested war, terminating with the Battle of Waterloo : under the patronage of, and dedicated with permission to His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief.
Published / Created:
London : Edited and published by, and engraved under the direction of, Edward Orme, publisher to His Majesty, and to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, Bond Street, corner of Brook Street, 1819.
Physical Description:
[4], 94, [4] p., [40] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 38-49 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2009 40 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2009 40 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Aquatint engravings by Matthew Dubourg, and J. Clark; after John Augustus Atkinson, William Heath, Franz Jozeph Manskirch, George Scharf, and Richard Dighton.Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 353"Principal subscribers": pages [3]-[4].Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 376BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Bound in publisher's original red half roan and marbled boards. Copy 2 is a large paper copy. Bound in red half levant morocco and red cloth. Stamped in purple ink on title page: George Jameson.
Subject Terms:
Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- Peninsular War, 1807–1814. | Peninsular War, 1807–1814 -- Naval operations, British. | Military history, Modern. | Europe -- History -- 1789–1900. | France -- History -- Consulate and First Empire, 1799–1815 | Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 -- In art. | Jameson, George -- Stamp.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1819 | Subscriber's lists -- England -- London -- 1819.