November 17, 2020 Early Arms & Militaria: Age of Exploration, Empire & Revolution
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Jenkins, James. "THE MARTIAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF Great Britain AND Her Allies; From 1799 to 1815." London: Printed for Js. Jenkins, No. 4, Strand By L. Harrison & J.C. Leigh, 373 Strand [n.d. but c. 1815]. Folio (13-5/8" x 11-1/4"); hand-colored, engraved armorial dedication plate to the Duke of Wellington (dated Dec. 1, 1814), hand-colored aquatint frontispiece (or "vignette title"), hand-colored portrait of the Duke of Wellington, and 51 aquatint plates engraved by Thomas Sutherland after William Heath, all finely hand-colored, engraved title (not colored); 1p. vignette text; 2 pp. dedication text; 114 pp. of plate texts; 4 pp. appendix of British officers killed and wounded, and 2 pp. table of contents at back, lacking the list of subscribers. An extremely handsome and early issue of this important color plate book, the aquatints being fine impressions with wide margins and watermarked 1812 (the Wellington portrait watermarked 1813), with the vignette title and armorial dedication both colored (the vignette within the engraved title uncolored, as is correct). Abbey “Life” 365; Tooley 281. CONDITION: Clean and bright throughout, finely colored, and including the rare portrait of the Duke of Wellington missing from most copies. JLK