The campaign of Waterloo, : illustrated with engravings of Les Quatre Bras, La Belle Alliance, Hougoumont, La Haye Sainte, and other principal scenes of action; including a correct military plan, together with a grand view of the battle on a large scale. To which is prefixed a history of the campaign, compiled from official documents and other authentic sources.
Thomas Hartwell Horne (1780-1862)
Category
Books
Date
1816
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3241962
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], 34 p., [5] plates (1 fold., some col.) : ill., ports., map ; fol. Collation: [2] p., [7] leaves of plates (1 double, 4 col.), 34, 10, [4] p. Final 10p. is section headed 'Biographical notices of the sovereigns, warriors, and statesmen ...', with additional [4] p. Appendix at end. Shelved and uniform with 'An illustrated record of important events in the annals of Europe' (1815). "Directions to binder" for this and 'An illustrated record' tipped in at end [directions have been ignored, with all plates bound in directly following title page]. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century original grey boards; printed paper title label on upper board; sewn onto seven recessed cords.
Makers and roles
Thomas Hartwell Horne (1780-1862), author Robert Bowyer (London 1758 - Byfleet 1834), editor