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Lot 91

Sale 6285 - Books and Manuscripts
Mar 27, 2025 10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$1,280
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[British Isles] The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies; From 1799 to 1815


London: Printed for J(ames)s. Jenkins, for L. Harrison, (1814-15). First edition, large paper copy. 4to. Illustrated with an engraved hand-colored dedication to the Duke of Wellington, hand-colored aquatint frontispiece, engraved title-page, and 51 hand-colored aquatint plates (all but three on India paper; most plates on J. Whatman watermarked paper, dated 1812; one non-India paper with J. Whatman watermark, dated 1831). With letterpress dedication, contents, subscriber's list, and descriptive text leaves (on J. Whatman watermarked paper, dated 1812). Three-quarter navy blue levant over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt, spine browned, boards unevenly faded, joints worn; all edges gilt; scattered light marginal soiling. From the family libraries of Americana collectors and bibliophiles Amor L. and Zachary T. Hollingsworth. Abbey, Life 366; Tooley, pp. 152-153

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