Loyal Volunteers of London & environs, infantry & cavalry in their respective uniforms : representing the whole of the manual, platoon & funeral exercise, in 87 plates / designed & etch'd by T. Rowlandson, and dedicated by permission to His Royal Highness the Duke of Glocester.
Alternate Title(s):
Loyal Volunteers of London and environs, infantry and cavalry in their respective uniforms
Published / Created:
[London : R. Ackermann, Strand, 1799]
Physical Description:
[2], viii, [92] p., 77, [8], [1] leaves of plates : ill. ; 35 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts UC485.G7 L6 1799+ Copy 1 Oversize Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Rare Books and Manuscripts UC485.G7 L6 1799+Copy 2 Oversize Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Rare Books and Manuscripts UC485.G7 L6 1799+ Copy 3 Oversize Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Preface is signed: R. Ackermann ... August 12, 1799.Title page is engraved.Descriptive text accompanies each plate."Two additional plates exist, 'Expedition of Military Fly' and 'Sadler's Flying Artillery': the book [Abbey copy] was bound in volume form before they were issued."--Cf. Abbey.English short title catalogue, T77372Colas, R. Bibliographie générale du costume et de la mode, 2586Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 416Kunstbibliothek (Berlin, Germany). Katalog der Lipperheideschen Kostümbibliothek (2. Aufl.), Qh8"List of subscribers": p. [1-3].Errata: p. [91].Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 379BAC: British Art Center has three copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Two additional plates not included. Bound in gold-tooled calf. Copy 2 bound in gold-tooled calf, rebacked. Additional plates not included. Armorial bookplate of Sir Edward B. Baker, Bart. Copy 3 bound in contemporary boards. Has the two additional plates.
Subject Terms:
Great Britain. Army. Volunteers -- Early works to 1800. | Great Britain. Army -- Uniforms -- Early works to 1800. | Military uniforms -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800. | Military service, Voluntary -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Ackermann, R. -- Publisher. | Baker, Edward B. -- Bookplate.