The Victories of the Duke of Wellington.

£850 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

An enjoyable work produced to supply the demand for books relating to Wellington's triumph. Covers Wellington's career through the Peninsular war including Oporto, Salamanca and Madrid through to Waterloo. "One of the most important books on the subject." (Prideaux). This is the first variant referred to in Abbey. First edition; 4to (31.5 x 26 cm); 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates after R. Westall, armorial bookplate to front pastedown, light offsetting from plates; original boards rebacked and recornered in later blue calf, spine lettered in gilt, edges untrimmed, later endpapers, boards a little rubbed, a very good copy; iv, 47pp. Abbey (Life), 381; Prideaux p224; Tooley 502.

• Binding: Hardcover

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