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Europe during the Napoleonic Wars
Robert Bowyer, 1815-16
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Europe during the Napoleonic Wars
Robert Bowyer, 1815-16
BOWYER, Robert (1758-1834). An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe, during the Years 1812, 1813, 1814, & 1815. London: T. Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1815 [-16]. [With:] The Campaign of Waterloo, illustrated with Engravings of Les Quatre Bras, La Belle Alliance, La Haye Sainte, and Other Principal Scenes of Action. London: T. Bensley and Son for Robert Bowyer, 1816.
A fine copy of Bowyer's color-plate book of Europe during the Napoleonic Wars. The work has a complicated publishing history and often appears in different combinations. According to Abbey, Bowyer's work "originated in 1814 with the Triumphs of Europe, [was] enlarged in 1815 by the addition of a second part, The Annals of Europe, and then, through the return and final defeat of Napoleon, enlarged further with the above as an Appendix to the whole. Each of the three parts is, however, also complete in itself, and numerous copies exist in bindings of the three separately or with two of the three bound together to form one volume." The present copy comprises Abbey 352 (the second title, map and facsimiles, and plates 1-19; lacking the first title and the four plates of views of Porto Ferrajo that make up part three); and Abbey 354 (lacking only the "Directions to binder"). Abbey Life 352 & 354; Tooley 97 & 98.
Folio (470 x 330mm). An Illustrated Record: 76, [26] pages, 22 leaves of plates; The Campaign of Waterloo: 10, 2, 34 pages, 7 leaves of plates. Altogether 29 plates, including 23 hand-colored aquatints of which 5 are folding, 2 maps, 1 facsimile, and 3 further engraved plates (2 folding plates splitting at crease encroaching into image). Contemporary diced calf gilt, all edges gilt (rebacked with original spine laid down; joints worn and extremities rubbed and chipped). Provenance: George Porcher (bookplate).
Robert Bowyer, 1815-16
BOWYER, Robert (1758-1834). An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe, during the Years 1812, 1813, 1814, & 1815. London: T. Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1815 [-16]. [With:] The Campaign of Waterloo, illustrated with Engravings of Les Quatre Bras, La Belle Alliance, La Haye Sainte, and Other Principal Scenes of Action. London: T. Bensley and Son for Robert Bowyer, 1816.
A fine copy of Bowyer's color-plate book of Europe during the Napoleonic Wars. The work has a complicated publishing history and often appears in different combinations. According to Abbey, Bowyer's work "originated in 1814 with the Triumphs of Europe, [was] enlarged in 1815 by the addition of a second part, The Annals of Europe, and then, through the return and final defeat of Napoleon, enlarged further with the above as an Appendix to the whole. Each of the three parts is, however, also complete in itself, and numerous copies exist in bindings of the three separately or with two of the three bound together to form one volume." The present copy comprises Abbey 352 (the second title, map and facsimiles, and plates 1-19; lacking the first title and the four plates of views of Porto Ferrajo that make up part three); and Abbey 354 (lacking only the "Directions to binder"). Abbey Life 352 & 354; Tooley 97 & 98.
Folio (470 x 330mm). An Illustrated Record: 76, [26] pages, 22 leaves of plates; The Campaign of Waterloo: 10, 2, 34 pages, 7 leaves of plates. Altogether 29 plates, including 23 hand-colored aquatints of which 5 are folding, 2 maps, 1 facsimile, and 3 further engraved plates (2 folding plates splitting at crease encroaching into image). Contemporary diced calf gilt, all edges gilt (rebacked with original spine laid down; joints worn and extremities rubbed and chipped). Provenance: George Porcher (bookplate).
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