[JENKINS, JAMES] (publisher) The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies from 1799 to 1815. London: for Js. Jenkins by L. Harrison and J.C. Leigh, [1815]. Full red morocco by Bayntun of Bath, spine gilt in six compartments, covers with gilt floral borders, central panels with gilt lozenge pattern, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. 13 5/8 x 11 inches (34.75 x 28 cm); engraved title with pictorial vignette, 52 hand-colored aquatint plates including the engraved dedication leaf with the hand-colored coat-of-arms of the Duke of Wellington (1825 watermarks). Unobtrusively rebacked retaining the original spine, light binding wear, occasional light offsetting from text onto plates . A handsomely bound copy, almost large-paper, with unusually good coloring. Abbey Life 365; Tooley 281. C Private Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
[JENKINS, JAMES] (publisher) The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies from 1799 to 1815. London: for Js. Jenkins by L. Harrison and J.C. Leigh, [1815]. Full red morocco by Bayntun of Bath, spine gilt in six compartments, covers with gilt floral borders, central panels with gilt lozenge pattern, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. 13 5/8 x 11 inches (34.75 x 28 cm); engraved title with pictorial vignette, 52 hand-colored aquatint plates including the engraved dedication leaf with the hand-colored coat-of-arms of the Duke of Wellington (1825 watermarks). Unobtrusively rebacked retaining the original spine, light binding wear, occasional light offsetting from text onto plates . A handsomely bound copy, almost large-paper, with unusually good coloring. Abbey Life 365; Tooley 281. C Private Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
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