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rif. Lath81Amsterdam: Maaskamp 1815. Sewn card covers cover title "de Bataille vas det Schoon Verbond met de Marsch en Aval der Franschen . . . etc." 1p explanation of the plan 61pp3pp11pp. 2 hand-colored fold-out maps of the Waterloo battlefield with another fold-out engraving "Afbeelding van het huis gezegt het Schoon Verbond . . " small portrait engraving of Wellington on the title page; at some early stage tissue was affixed to card covers tissue now browned and chipped at edges but card covers remain very good with minimal edgewear; uncut pages. 'Schoon Verbond' is the earliest Dutch translation of the Prussian term 'Belle Alliance' used for the Battle of Waterloo. It is also the name of the small farm in the Province of Brabant Belgium the subject of the engraving which was at the center of the French position in the battle and Napoleon's headquarters The British designated the battle 'Waterloo' after the small town where Wellington had his headquarters thinking that a name calling to mind the enemy command post was unsuitable. This is an exceptionally clean and stable copy with virtually no foxing marks or staining; the maps and engraving are very clean and bright; an exceptionally scarce and desirable piece of Napoleonic history; very few copies are left in private hands and only a small number in libraries this copy is from the private collection of the late Edward Lathem longtime director of the Dartmouth College Libraries photos and provenance on request Amsterdam: Maaskamp, 1815 paperback
1870rif. 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
In 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.
1889rif. 15949Paris, A. Le Vasseur, 1889 ; in-4 ; large demi-maroquin à coins bleu marine, dos à nerfs, titre doré, tête dorée sur témoins, couverture illustrée et dos conservés, non rogné (V. Champs) ; XVI, 518, (2) pp.
rif. 51-3650Philadelphia: Janentzky & Weber 1883-1884. Portfolio of matted original etchings in various sizes. Mats are 14 x 20 inches. No table of contents or title page. 11 of 12 etchings. Original fabric portfolio. Includes the etching by Meryon: "Bain-Froid Chevrier." Delteil-Wright 44; Schneiderman 93V. Minor foxing in the image and more specks in the margins. May not be OCLC Number: 145382593 which is American prints whereas this one contains European artists. Philadelphia: Janentzky & Weber, [1883-1884] unknown
rif. 022253William Howe De Lancey (1778-1815), militaire britannique, quartier maître général, mort à Waterloo. L'un de ses faits d'armes est le siège de Ciudad Rodrigo en 1812. L.S., Gallegos de Argañán, 8 janvier 1812, 2p 1/2 in-4. Importante lettre à Alexander Dickson (1777-1840), autre officier important lors du siège de Ciudad Rodrigo, sur la préparation de ce siège, qui commence le 8 janvier et se finit le 19 janvier par la prise de la ville aux français par les troupes anglo-portugaises du duc de Wellington. Ce document détaille toutes les instructions pour l'organisation du siège. Citons quelques détails : les troupes doivent se relayer toutes 24 heures pour réduire l'exposition au froid et aux intempéries, il indique les trajets à emprunter, chaque soldat ne droit prendre que le nécessaire, des ouvriers viendront aider pour les positions d'artillerie, gestion des munitions, organisation des soins médicaux, etc. Lancey signe « Wm De Lancey DWMG » pour Deputy QuarterMaster General, i.e. quartier-maître général adjoint, son titre d'alors. Exceptionnel document sur cette bataille. [541]
rif. 14536S.l. (Paris), s.n. (Plon et Lemercier), s.d. ; in-folio oblong (29 x 43 cm) ; cartonnage de percaline noire, grand décor à froid à la plaque sur les deux plats, grand titre doré sur le premier plat ; recueil de 20 planches gravées sur acier par Rouargue, Laloisse et Duron, d'après Th. Yung. Exemplaire finement aquarellé. Les batailles représentées sont celles de : Siège de Toulon (1793), Ste Euphémie (1806), Prise de Gaëte (1806), Combat de Somo-Sierra (1808), La Corogne (1809), Prise d'Oporto (1809), Siège de Saragosse (1809), Talavera (1809), Ocaña (1809), Passage de la Sierra-Morena (1810), Fuentes d'Oroño (1811), Affaire de Brienne (1814), Combat de Champaubert (1814), Montmirail (1814), Montereau (1814), Craonne (1814), Arcis-sur-Aube (1814), Paris (1814), Ligny (1815)- et Waterloo (1815).
rif. K80193Two figures stand by a small bridge.Drawing after Waterloo's etching A man and a woman near a small bridge H 59 in this lot in two states 1st and 2nd.In the drawing some details differ from the etching the clothes of the figure on the left and the one woman with a hat visible just beyond the arm of the man at the center of the composition are missing.Usually Waterloo sketched lines in black chalk and completed the drawings with a grey or brown wash. Some more finished and detailed drawings featuring walking figures or figures on animals are drafted in pen and ink and then enriched with grey or brown wash to determine regions of shadows. See for example Hamburger Kunsthalle Hamburg inv./cat.nr 22688 and Stiftung Weimarer Klassik und Kunstsammlungen Weimar Thüringen inv./cat.nr KK 5624 recto.The first state is signed at the top left: Antoni Waterloo sc. Lettered on the top right: a.; in the second state the address of Ottens is added: R. &. J Ottens ex.NL Twee figuren staan bij een beek in een bos. Over de beek is een smalle brug met een hek afgebeeld. Antieke tekening toegeschreven aan Anthonie Waterloo 1609-1690 en twee etsen in twee verschillende staten. Pen in black and gray ink washed in gray; total: 125 x 145 mm; some light staining on the top margin otherwise in outstanding condition. Etching on laid paper with small margins; total: 136 x 157 mm; state I/3; some rubbing due to handling some minor staining otherwise in good condition. Etching on laid paper with wide margins; total: 211 x 266 mm; state II/3; in good condition. Mounted on cardboard passepartout. Hollstein 59. hardcover
1817rif. 32866Turnhout P. J. Brepols s.d. [1817] petit in-folio oblong (30 x 36 cm) en feuille, contrecollée sur carton souple moderne
1820rif. 32867Leuvarde J. Proost s.d. [vers 1820] placard in-folio (40 x 34 cm) en feuille contrecollée sur carton souple moderne
1820rif. 32868Turnhout P. J. Brepols s.d. [vers 1820] placard in-folio (42,5 x 36 cm) en feuille contrecollée sur carton souple moderne
8vo., SOLE EDITION, some age-marking on half-title, neat repair to last leaf without loss of text, fore-edges browned, new endpapers; newly bound in black coarse-grain cloth, gilt back, uncut, a very good, clean copy. WITH THE SIGNATURE OF BRIGADIER-GENERAL [HENRY] CLINTON, DATED JUNE 1810, ON HALF-TITLE. The author was an officer of infantry. Sir Henry Clinton, the younger (1771-1829), was the second son of Sir Henry Clinton the elder and victor of Charleston. Beginning his career as ensign in 1787 he served in Holland from 1788-89 and was gazetted captain in 1791. He was appointed aide-de-camp to the Duke of York in 1793 and promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1795. A distinguished career followed: as adjutant-general in India, 1802-5; military attaché with the Russian Army at Austerlitz, 1805; commandant at Syracuse, 1806-7; MP, 1808-18; adjutant-general in Sir John Moore's campaign, 1808-9; major-general, 1810, commanded sixth division in Peninsular, 1811-14; KB, 1813; lieutenant-general, 1814; at Waterloo, 1815. A SPLENDID ASSOCIATION COPY OF A SCARCE WORK OF CONSIDERABLE NAPOLEONIC INTEREST. Apparently not in BLPC; not recorded by Sandler.
8vo., Second Edition, on laid paper, with a portrait frontispiece in photogravure, 2 plates in photogravure and 5 folding maps, neat signature on front free endpaper verso, half-title, frontispiece and title mildly spotted ; original red cloth, upper board framed in blind enclosing regimental crest of 16th Light Dragoons in gilt, gilt back, black endpapers, upper hinge tender (but binding entirely sound) else a very good, bright, clean copy. SIR CHARLES OMAN'S COPY WITH HIS NINETEENTH CENTURY ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE MOUNTED ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Tomkinson's Diary was first published in 1894 (a number of Press reviews is given on half-title verso). Widely regarded as a classic personal account of the campaign, it has been several times reissued but usually without the plates. This second edition contains the editor's final amendments, including the correction to the part played by Vivian's brigade at Waterloo. A RARE, POSSIBLY UNIQUE, ASSOCIATION COPY. Sandler 3277.
1817rif. 195022London: J. Adlard 1817. The biggest box office hit of its day Second edition related to the stunningly popular panorama of the battle installed at Leicester Square from 1815. The key shows among other incidents Wellington on horseback the Life Guards charging a burning ammunition wagon and the Royal Dragoons capturing the eagle of the French 105th Regiment. The pamphlet gives a detailed breakdown of the battle which Barker assures his readers he researched personally in Paris. Henry Barker 1774-1856 was the son of Robert Barker 1739-1806 the inventor of the panorama. His father designed and built a circular rotunda with walls covered by a continuous painting fully immersing visitors in the scene. It housed two paintings simultaneously each on a separate floor such that one could be replaced while the other was still open for public viewing. The spectacle of Waterloo in the public imagination provided Barker with a perfect opportunity for a panorama which opened to instant success. "He charged 1 shilling admittance yet within a few short months he grossed over £10000 some £500000 in modern terms" Summerville p. 27. It then went on tour through England Scotland and the USA. Visitors could buy keys descriptive pamphlets and etchings as souvenirs. The first edition was published in 1816. Octavo pp. 12; single sheet 381 x 317 mm woodblock illustration on one side only edges untrimmed. Original self-wrappers wire-stitched as issued. Single sheet loose. Pamphlet a little toned and dust-soiled: a near-fine copy; panorama key creased where sometime folded edges soiled and nicked especially left edge light offsetting: a very good copy. Christopher Summerville Who Was Who at Waterloo: A Biography of the Battle 2014. unknown
1822rif. 15861Paris, Béchet Ainé et chez le Capitaine Bacheville, 1822 ; in-8 ; demi-veau glacé grenat à petits coins, dos à quatre nerfs plats décorés encadrant le titre et deux caissons décorés "à la cathédrale", palette et roulettes décoratives dorées, fleurons et roulettes à froid, tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque) ; XII, 432, (2) pp., frontispice lithographié par G. Engelmann montrant les frères Bacheville se séparant pour toujours en Turquie d'Europe.
rif. #[60942]To the left the city of Rhenen with two mills and a church in a flat landscape. To the right is a sailing boat in the river. In front is a figure transporting goods on his head. Plate from a late French edition of the series of six landscapes designed and etched firstly by Jan Ruyscher and then edited by Waterloo. Probably end of eighteenth century. Waterloo's address above on the left: 'AW ex.' l Etching burin and drypoint on laid paper with broad margins in passepartout; plate mark: 120 x 208 mm total: 203 x 254 mm; state III/3; in very good conditions; Hollstein 90 Waterloo 15 Ruyscher unknown
1857rif. 19030Paris, Jules Tardieu - Bruxelles, E. Guyot et Stapleaux Fils & Charles Tanera 1857 In-8 relié 27,5 cm. Bon état d’occasion.
rif. 17480Dans une même reliure début 19ème en demi-cuir, 6 textes présentés en page de garde de façon manuscrite- Les Prussiens dénoncés à l'Europe par une Société de Témoins et de Victimes, de leur invasion dans la Province de Hollande. Paris 1789. 107 pages. -Relation fidèle et détaillée de la dernière campagne de Buonaparte terminée par la bataille de Mont-Saint-Jean dite de Waterloo. Paris 1815. 1 carte dépliante en couleurs. 69p. - Général de division J.H Bécaysferrand : Précis de la Défense de Valenciennes. Paris 1805. 78p -Mémoire du Duc de Rovigo sur la Mort de Pichegru du capitaine Wright, de M.Bathurst. Paris 1825. 72p. -Explications au sujet de la Commission Militaire instituée en l'An XII, pour juger le Duc D'Enghien. 15p. -Léonard Gallois : Trois mois au Portugal en 1822. Lettres. Paris 1822. 93p. Etat correct.Demi-reliure d'époque aux mors supérieurs ouverts.Coins émoussés.Ex-libris du Baron de Neuflize.
1850rif. TATLL(WA48Brussels: Gérard c1850. 1850. oblong 4to. folding partly hand-coloured lithographed plan & 12 lithographed plates. 19th century half vellum original printed front wr. bound in. some foxing throughout stain in lower margin of 5 plates. Brussels: Gérard, [c1850]. hardcover
rif. 308Etching. Dutuit 75; only state. Watermark: early Amsterdam seal see Dutuit. Rare with no later printings. Image: 4 x 6 . Margins: ½ to ¾ inch. unknown
rif. 308Etching. Dutuit 75; only state. Watermark: early Amsterdam seal see Dutuit. Rare with no later printings. Image: 4 x 6 . Margins: ½ to ¾ inch. unknown books
rif. 231154(Début du XIXème siècle.) 25 x 38.5 cm, dessin à la plume. Légères pliures et petites rousseurs.
1819rif. 117441819 1 volume comprenant 4 tomes reliés ensemble (one volume composed of 4 books linked together), reliure plein veau havane brun marbré (binding full calfskin) in-octavo, dos long (spine without raised band) superbement décoré or (gilt decoration) - pièce de titre sur fond rouge avec filet or (red label of title with gilt line), coiffes légèrement défraîchies (head and tail of the spine lightly faded), coins émoussés (corners blunt), roulettes sur les coupes (fillets on the cuts) manque de dorure (blurred gilding), tranches peignées (painting edges) - petite tache d'encre sur la gouttière (small ink mark on the fore-edge), illustrations : planches repliées (folding plates), 107 - IV+87 - iv+112 - VIII+86 pages, 1815 à Paris J. G. Dentu Imprimeur-Libraire - 1815 à Paris Chez A. Tardieu Géographe-Graveur - Chez Madame Veuve Courcier Imprimeur-Libraire - Delaunay Libraire - Pillet Imprimeur-Libraire - Treuttel et Wurtz Libraires - Magimel Libraire - 1814 à Paris J. G. Dentu Imprimeur-Libraire - 1819 à Paris à la Librairie Constitutionnelle de Baudouin Frères,
rif. 1600042. Hälfte 17. Jahrhundert. Mit der Nr. 5. Ausgezeichneter, malerischer Druck auf festem Bütten. Mit gleichmäßigem Rändchen um die volle Plattenkante. 9 x 14 cm (Einfassungslinie). Papier: 9,8 x 14,6 cm.
rif. 64959Bartsch described this plate as: 'Les planches de bois attachées aux quatre arbres';signed on top right: 'Antoni Waterlo fe. et ex.' lettered on top left corner: 'A'.On verso various collectors' marks like J. M. F. Geissler 1779-1853 L.1072 and three further K.S. J. Schook and M. not in Lugt.Also on verso: 'B.artsch N: 21. Premiére épreuve magnifique'.set: twelve lettered plates.NL Een hek naast een brug. Etching on paper trimmed close to plate; total: 103 x 149 mm; state I/5; small pin hole slightly visible large watermark not identifiable. Some light foxing and traces of previous mounting on verso. Beautiful and extremely rare impression; Hollstein 21. unknown
