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Military - United Kingdom) HARVEY, William Great Battles of the British Army
Rutledge & Co., 1855,
(Military - United Kingdom). The Great Battles of the British Army : A New Edition, including The Russian War. L: Rutledge & Co., 1855. Pp. 536. Six plates with tissue guard + frontis. 8vo, pressed red cloth with decorative boarders, gilt lettering and illustration to front and spine. An historical look at many of the major battles which took place between 1066 to 1854, involving the British Army. Cracked and partially detached at p. 160, outer hinges split, spine ends chipped and fraying, corners chipped, staining along the top edges of front and rear boards, covers rubbed, else vg. 50.00
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50.00 CDN
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United Kingdom - Military] Military Panorama, or, Officer's Companion for October 1812-March 1814. 3 vols.
W. Wilson, printer, London, 1814,
[United Kingdom - Military]. The Military Panorama, or, Officer's Companionfor October 1812-March 1814 . Embellished with Elegant and Correct Portrai ts of Distinguished Officers, and Military Plans. IN THREE VOLUMES. London:printed for P. Martin (late of the firm Cuthell and Martin), no. 33, Orcha rd-Street, corner of Oxford-Street; J. Ballantyne and Co., Edinburgh; and J. Cumming, Dublin; [by] W. Wilson, printer, 4, Greville-Street, Hatton-Garden, 1812-1813. I: Pp. [1]-690,(2), including engraved title page, + 7 folding maps, 2 folding charts, and 5 engraved plates; II: Pp. [1]-694,(4), engraved title page, + 7 folding maps and charts, and 6 engraved plates; III: [1]-704,(2), engraved title page, + 7 folding maps and charts, and 4 engraved plates. There are unaccounted-for plates (not included in this pagination), though there is no evidence of their having been removed. Illustrated. 8vo, half calf with red marbled boards, gilt lettering and tooling to spine.A thorough, three volume bound collection of The Military Panorama, coveri ng the latter part of the Napoleonic Wars. Each issue contains a short biography of an eminent military man involved in the conflict, as well as military correspondences, notes on promotions, important despatches, informationon the opposition, campaign updates, "poetical essays on military subjects ", numerous folding maps (some of which have colouring), &c., &c. Brief military biographies: I: His Royal Highness the Duke of York (with plate), Major General Robert Crawford, Arthur the Marquis of Wellington (with plate), Lieut.-Col. Burgh, The Duke of York, Lieutenant-General Picton (plate stated, but not present with no evidence of its removal), General the Earl of Moira (with plate), Lieut.-Gen. Lord William Cavendish Bentinck (with plate),Lieutenant-General the Earl of Uxbridge (with plate), Major-General Le Mar chant. II: Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore (with plate), Marshal Soult (Duke of Dalmatia), Lt.-Gen. Sir Eyre Coote (with plate), General Caffarelli du Falga, General Macdonald, General Count Michael Woronzoff, General Prince Bagrathion, Major-General the Hon. Sir Charles William Stewart (with plate), The late Lt.-Col. Richard Collins, The late Lt.-Col. the Hon. Edward Charles Cocks, Marmot Duke of Ragusa, Maj.-Gen. William Thomas Dilkes (with plate), General Sarrazin, Major General Ronald Crawford Ferguson (with plate), Princes Bacciochi and Borghese, The late General Sir Thomas Musgrave (with plate), Generals Abatucci and Beaupuy. III: The late Lieut.-Gen. Sir Ralph Abercrombie (with plate), General Bernadotte, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Thomas Graham (with plate), The late Colonel Charles Fane, Bernadotte (cont'd), The late Major-Generarl Henry Mackinnon (with plate), Graham (cont'd), Lieut.-Gen. Sir Rowland Hill (plate stated, but not present with no evidence of its removal), Bernadotte (concluded), The Right Hon. General Sir David Dundas (with plate), Napoleon Buonaparte, General the Right Hon. Lord Hutchinson (plate missing), Dundas (cont'd), Napoleon (cont'd), Napoleon (with plate; cont'd), Dundas (concluded). Maps: I: "Texel and Vlieter Roads with the Country of Holland as far south as the Hague, intended to Illustrate the Operations of the Expedition under His Royal Highness the Duke of York" (i, 14), "Plan of the Attack on the French at the Heights at Rolica" (i, 132), "Sketch of the Action between the British and French forces at Vimiera in Portugal" (i, 226), "Seat of War in Russia &c." (i, 332), "Plan of the Battle of Wagram" (i, 444), "Plan of the Action near Coruna" (i, 530). II: "Map of NewEngland, New York, and Part of Canada" (ii, 58), "Plan de la Bataille de L utzen" (ii, 254), "Map of the Seat of France and of the Pyrenees" (ii, 314), "Map of Zealand, Dutch Flanders, and a part of the Southern Provinces of Holland" (ii, 426), "Portugal" (ii, 541), "Northwest Part of France" (ii, 614). III: "Spain and Portugal, with the March of the British Columns in theRetreat of Lt.-Gen. Sir John Moore" (iii, 33), "Plan of the Operation of t he Armies from the Commencement of the [Russian] Campaign to the 21st Aug. 1812" (iii, 36), "Plan of the Operations of the Armies from the 8th of August until the 20th of Oct., 1812, Shewing the French Line of March from Smolensk to Moscow" (short splits to folds, iii, 116), "Map of the Seat of War in Northern Poland & Prussia" (iii, 242), "Sketch of the Marches, Retreat and Flight of the French, and the Pursuit of the Imperial Russian Armies from the 14th Septembewr 1812 to January 1813" (iii, 406), "Spain, &c." (iii, 635). It would appear that this journal lasted for one more volume before either being discontinued, or merged with another periodical. Spine of volume one rebacked, with hollow and leather inserted at rear hinge. Front outerhinge of first volume tender, boards moderately rubbed, some edgewear, spo tting and/or smudging to the margins and versos of most of the maps, some short splits to the folds of a couple of the maps, name inked to ffeps, elsevg. For the set. 2,000.00
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2000.00 CDN
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