Reinagle | Illustrations of the Battle of Navarin, 1828

GREECE AND THE LEVANT, A PRIVATE LIBRARY, LOTS 157-213

REINAGLE, GEORGE PHILIP

Illustrations of the Occurences at the Entrance of the Bay of Patras, between the English Squadron & Turkish Fleets. London: Colnaghi & Son, [1828]

Folio (505 x 342mm.), lithographed wrapper title with vignette of HMS Asia and dedication to Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, lithographed map, 6 lithographed views by Hullmandel after Reinagle, leaf of descriptive letterpress, original stitched wrappers, without list of subscribers, minor spotting, wrappers and edges slightly worn

This work depicts a minor naval action (29 September 1828) outside Patras in which Codrington brushed with a number of Turkish-Egyptian ships.

LITERATURE:

Blackmer 1402

PROVENANCE:

Presentation inscription from Sir Alfred Edward Codrington (grandson to Edward Codrington), to Allan Drummond?, dated September 1885