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Lot 512: 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 S...

Est: €300 EUR - €400 EURSold:
Arenberg AuctionsBrussels, BelgiumJune 18, 2021

Item Overview

Description

Folio: [2]-34-10 pp.; 7 pl. (sm. tear in folded pl.). - Rare expensive large format publication published to entice wealthy buyers with an interest in the Waterloo Campaign. Ill. with 4 fine hand-coloured aquatints, incl. the folded "View from Mont St. Jean of the Battle of Waterloo", which is an eye-catching print of the moment when the Duke of Wellington orders the British final attack. Also 2 b/w pl. with portraits of the British and their Allies and of the French royal family, and a battle map. - Prov. Archibald Philip Primrose (bookpl.) - Libr. stamp. - Joined: 2 maps: 1. Craan, W.B. - Plan of the battle of Waterloo or Mount St. John, reduced from the large plan of the same battle, made up and published in 1816. Brussels, H. Gérard, 1845. Lith., 44 x 59 cm, part. coloured. - 2. Mols-Marchal, L. - Carte des environs de Bruxelles avec indication de la bataille de Waterloo. Brussels, Établissement géographique, s.d. Lith., 55,5 x 43 cm, part. hand-coloured. (3 pcs)

Artist or Maker

Date

1816

Condition Report

Mod. cloth, paper covers (spine part. detached).

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Auction Details

D2 - Manuscripts, Atlases & Rare Books

by
Arenberg Auctions
June 18, 2021, 01:00 PM CET

Wolstraat 19/2, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, 1000, BE

Terms

Buyer's Premium

25.0%

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€0€49€5
€50€199€10
€200€399€20
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€10,000€19,999€1,000
€20,000€69,999€2,000
€70,000+€5,000

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