Lot 137
  • 137

Mudford, William.

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Description

  • An Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands in 1815... comprising the Battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras, and Waterloo. London: Henry Colburn, 1817, 4to (317 x 265mm.), aquatint additional pictorial title and 28 plates (watermarked 1814), all coloured by hand, a few mounted (as usual), 2 engraved maps, contemporary red morocco gilt by Ravenscroft, with his ticket, gilt edges, [Abbey, Life 372; Tooley (1954) 336], plates slightly soiled, a few tears/repairs (eg. Plan of the Battles and E2-3), lacking half-title, binding slightly rubbed
[Bowyer, Robert] An Impartial Historical Narrative of those momentous events which have taken place in this country during the period from the year 1816 to 1823. London: T. Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1823, folio (510 x 380mm.), 3 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 5 plain engraved plates, modern half morocco, original engraved label on upper paste-down, marked 'proof' in manuscript, [Abbey, Scenery 259; Tooley (1954) 99], some spotting and offsetting

Provenance

Wardington, bookplates