Waterloo

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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., etc., etc. Together with a History of those Momentous Transactions.

1815In folio (mm. 465x320), bella legatura in mz. pelle coeva a grandi ang. con fregi dorati, dorso a cordoni con decorazioni e titolo oro, pp. 76,(28), magnificamente illustrato fuori testo da: 1 tavola con 10 piccoli ritratti in medaglione, 1 mappa “exhibiting the retreat of the French Army from Moscow to Paris”, 1 tavola con facsimili, tutte inc. in rame e 19 splendide acquetinte colorate a mano (di cui 4 a doppia pagina) che raffigurano per lo più vedute di: “Mosca (2) / Danzica / Berlino / Francoforte / Dresda / Amburgo / L’Aja / Lipsia (4) / l’Isola d’Elba, ritratto di Napoleone, Porto Ferrajo / Amsterdam / Rosiere / Smolensko / Hanau / Paris / Ceremony of Te Deum by the Allied Armies on the Square of Louis XV, at Paris, the 10th April 1814”, tutte ampiamente descritte. Sempre dello stesso A., è unita la seguente opera: - "The Campaign of Waterloo", illustrated with engravings of “Les quatre bras. La belle alliance. Hougoumont. La Haye Sainte”, and other principal scenes of action. Including a correct military plan, together with a Grand View of the Battle on a large scale. To which is prefixed a history of the campaign, compiled from official documents and other authentic sources. London, 1816, di pp. (2),34,10 (“Biographical notices of the sovereigns, warriors and statesmen who have eminently signalised themselves in the campaigns of Moscow, Leipsic, France and Waterloo”), arricchita da: una bella veduta dell’Isola di S. Elena, inc. su legno nel t., 2 tavole con numerosi picc. ritratti in medaglione “of the British and their allied - The royal family of France, The family of Buonaparte, French generals, statesmen, etc.; 1 piano della battaglia, inc. in rame f.t. e 4 splendide acquetinte colorate a mano (di cui 1 a doppia pagina): “View from Mont St. Jean of the Battle of Waterloo.. the Evening of the 18th June 1815”. Entrambe le opere sono in "prima edizione". Cfr. Benezit,II, p. 701: “Robert Bowyer (1758-1834), britannique. Acquarelliste, miniaturiste. Il fut très apprécié à la cour de George III et exposa à la Royal Academy, entre 1782 et 1828 et à la Free Society en 1828” - Tooley “English Books with coloured plates..”, nn. 97 e 98. Testo con qualche lieve uniforme ingiallitura; una tav. con piccolo alone al margine super., altrimenti bell’esemplare ben conservato.

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JOURNAL OF THE WATERLOO CAMPAIGN Kept Throughout The Campaign of 1815

1870ref. 23094Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1870. 2 volumes. RARE FIRST EDITION IN PRESENTATION BINDING. A UNIQUE COPY. A family presentation copy inscribed to George E. Mercer from I. Tod-Mercer and dated 1896. 8vo in a beautiful Zaehnsdorf signed binding dated 1896 thus no doubt custom made for the presentation to George E. Mercer. The binding is of full crushed scarlet morocco richly adorned in fine late-Victorian style. The boards feature a wide frame of gilt vines flowers and thistles which is further ruled in gilt then further surrounded by minutely detailed gilt rolling the upper boards also lettered “Mercer’s Waterloo” in fine gilt stamping the smooth rounded spines with gilt lettering with a gilt oval surrounded by more gilt vines and flowers which then grow both up and below to fully frame the spine panel board edges gilt ruled wide turn-ins gilt tooled in the same motif as the covers silk endpapers with powder blue moire pattern and further gilt tooling complete this beautiful presentation a.e.g. xii 369; viii 347 pp. An extraordinary set the condition remains outstanding. The text-block is essentially pristine the fine bindings show only the most minimal evidence of age. Truly and outstanding and unique copy. A SCARCE AND IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION SCARCE IN ANY STATE AND THIS AN EXTRAORDINARY COPY. Mercer's ‘Journal’ is an important source for historians of the Waterloo campaign as well as a detailed description of the landscape and people of Belgium and France in the early 19th century. It is one of the few accounts of the period written by an artillery officer. Mercer’s journals were kept throughout the campaign of 1815 but were not published until 1870 after his death. The work was compiled and written in its finished form some 30 years earlier from the original notes Mercer wrote contemporaneously with additions and verifications from correspondence and other sources. It covers the period from April 1815 to January 1816. Although he eventually rose to the rank of general his fame is as commander of the British G Troop Royal Horse Artillery in the thick of the fighting at the Battle of Waterloo. It is also notable for its lengthy descriptions of the countryside and its people. In spite of his position with the British Army the work is usually found in 20th Century editions in French. Its historical value in the English-speaking nations was largely overlooked till its rediscovery with a Praeger edition in 1970. William Blackwood and Sons hardcover

Buddenbrooks, Inc. · Estados Unidos3135,00 US$≈ 2795,36 €

Waterloo

Waterloo

The Life of His Grace Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington Generalissimo of the Allied Army now in France.

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The Life of His Grace Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington Generalissimo of the Allied Army now in France.

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., etc., etc. Together with a History of those Momentous Transactions.

JOURNAL OF THE WATERLOO CAMPAIGN Kept Throughout The Campaign of 1815

De Veldslag van het Schoon Verbond op den 18 junij 1815: uit officieele berigten en aanteekeningen van ooggetuigen met kaarten plans en afbeeldingen

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