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Lot 122
Sale 568 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
May 1, 2018
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EATON, Charlotte Waldie (1788-1859). The Battle of Waterloo... London: J. Booth and T. Egerton, 1815.
2 parts in one volume, 8vo (225 x 125 mm). 2 hand-colored engraved plans, 2 hand-colored engraved folding panoramas, half-leaf 139* inserted between pp.138 and 139. (A few tears to folds of panoramas, some pale spotting.) Contemporary half red morocco, spine gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (joints discreetly reinforced, very slightly rubbed). Sixth edition, with fine plans of the Battle of Waterloo, and the Campaign in the Netherlands. Eaton was in Brussels at the time of the Battle of Waterloo, and by 1817, her work on the battle was in its 10th edition.
