An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe...
Book Description
Title continues... During the Last Four Years; Comprising a Series of Views of the Principal Places, Battles, etc. etc. etc... [Printed paper label on upper cover reads:] Illustrated Record of Important Events Through the Years 1812, 1813, 1814 & 1815. Comprising a Series of Views, Battles, &c. A History of all those Important Transactions which have taken place since the Retreat of Bonaparte from Moscow.
Folio (485 x 340 mm), [3], 4-30, [14], [4, appendix]pp., 9 plates (7 hand-coloured aquatint plates), of which 3 are folding, orig. marbled boards, later cloth spine.
Dealer Notes
The Plates within are:
1. Moscow (folding).
2. Frankfort.
3. Flight of the French through Leipsic (folding).
4. Dresden.
5. Grand Entrance of the Allied Sovereigns into Leipsic (folding with closed tear).
6. Grand Entrance of the Allied Sovereigns into Paris.
7. Facsimile Autographs.
8. Map of Elba, Portrait of Napoleon & View of Porto Ferrajo.
9. A Map of the Retreat of the French Army from Moscow to Paris.
1. Moscow (folding).
2. Frankfort.
3. Flight of the French through Leipsic (folding).
4. Dresden.
5. Grand Entrance of the Allied Sovereigns into Leipsic (folding with closed tear).
6. Grand Entrance of the Allied Sovereigns into Paris.
7. Facsimile Autographs.
8. Map of Elba, Portrait of Napoleon & View of Porto Ferrajo.
9. A Map of the Retreat of the French Army from Moscow to Paris.
Author
[BOWER (Robert)]
Date
1816
Publisher
London: Printed by T. Bensley and Son,
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