MUDFORD [William]
An historical account of the campaign in the Netherlands
£2,350
Auction: 31 January 2003 at 11:00 GMT
Description
in 1815, under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, and Marshall Prince Blucher, comprising the battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras, and Waterloo ... embellished with a series of plates ... from drawings made on the spot, by James Rouse ... 1st edition, fldg. col. frontis. of the Battle of Waterloo and col. titlepage (both by Cruikshank), fldg. plan of battles at Ligny, etc. (split at folds, but with no loss), fldg. map, 27 hand coloured plates, contemporary full red straight grain morocco, covers with gilt and blind tooled borders, the central panel of diamond shaped and intersecting oblong panels, spine decorated gilt in compartments, a.e.g., spine rubbed, large 4to., London: Henry Colburn, 1817
Note: Abbey Life 372; Tooley 272