Lot 108
  • 108

Sale, Major General Sir Robert Henry

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • The defence of Jellalabad... drawn on stone by W.L. Walton. London: J. Hogarth and H. Graves, [c.1845]
  • Paper, ink, leather
Folio (540 x 360 mm). Lithographed portrait on India proof paper, title, dedication and 22 tinted lithographed plates by W.L. Walton, double-page plan; scattered light spotting, hinges reinforced. Original morocco-backed dark green moire cloth titled in gilt, spine ends and joints rubbed.

Literature

Not in Abbey

Catalogue Note

FIRST EDITION. The siege by Afghan tribesman of the British at Jellalabad lasted some five months until Sir Robert Sale launched an heroic counter-attack and forced the Akbar Khan's forces into retreat.