Thomas Rowlandson | Loyal Volunteers of London & Environs, [London, 1799], green morocco gilt by Bedford

Thomas Rowlandson

Loyal Volunteers of London & Environs, Infantry & Cavalry, in their respective Uniforms... [London: R. Ackermann, 1799]

4to (351 x 271mm.), hand-coloured engraved title-page, dedication leaf, list of subscribers, 86 hand-coloured aquatint costume plates by Thomas Rowlandson, most heightened with gold and silver, nineteenth century green morocco gilt by Bedford, top edge gilt, others uncut, maroon endpapers, inner dentelles, light scattered spotting, spine sunned

One of the most important of all military costume books. This copy does not contain the final errata leaf recorded in some copies.

LITERATURE:

Abbey, Life 379; Colas 2584; ESTC T77372; Tooley (1954) 416