An Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815, under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, and Marshall Prince Blucher, comprising the Battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras, and Waterloo; . . . "; An Historical Account of the Battle of Waterloo (Title on Half-Title Page)
London: Henry Colburn, 1817. George Cruikshank and James Rouse. First Edition. Fine Leather Bound by Riviere.
4to. 30.5 by 27 cm. xviii, [2], 368 pp. 28 hand-colored aquatint plates, of which one is a half-title page, another, is a double paged and folding panorama plate of The Battle of Waterloo; plus two folding maps. (The plate count given in the book's plate description is 30, and this includes the maps.) Tooley 336. Abbey Life 372. Cohn, Cruikshank 580. Missing, as typical, View of Brussels, but with "Flight of Bonaparte". Rouse was responsible for almost all of the plates, with Cruikshank the artist for the large folding plate depicting the Battle of Waterloo and the frontis plate which contains portraits of the leading generals. Rouse, though, had a hand in the printing of these as well. Condition: beautifully bound by Riviere in a highly attractive three quarter red morocco binding, with raised bands, gilt lettering and ruled and dotted decoration on the spine. Faint amount of wear to upper front joint. Scattered light soiling within, and the typical quotient of offsetting, but mostly clean. The Cruikshank Waterloo plate has smudgy margins, but a good amount of this can be removed with a simple eraser, if one wishes to make the effort -- we did test this. The large folding map has fold tears which have been repaired with Japanese tissue. The whole map, we would note, is present. A beautiful example in scarce Riviere Binding!
. Near Fine. Item #1090Price: $9,500.00