338 THE MILITARY COSTUME OF EUROPE: Exhibited in a Series of Highly Finished Military Figures, in the Uniform of their several Corps, with a Concise Description and Historical Anecdotes; forming Memoirs of the various Armies of the present time, 96 beautifully coloured plates, comprising upwards of 133 figures, large paper, 2 vols. imperial 4to, contemporary morocco extra (Goddard and Booth). 1812-21 British Army, 26 plates. The Foreign Legion, 6 plates. French Army, 10 plates. Italian Army, 2 plates. Austrian Army, 11 plates. Dutch Army, 2 plates. Saxon Army, 1 plate. Danish Army, 1 plate. Spanish Army, 6 plates. Brunswick (Duke of), Oels Corps-Infantry Officer. Officer of Hussars. Calabrian-Officer and Private. Danish-Norwegian Infantry Officer-Light Infantry Officer. Dutch Light Dragoons-Officer (2nd Regiment). Marshal. French Dromedary Corps-Soldier. Greek Light Infantry-Officer. Private. Prussian Yaegar Guards-Officer and Private. Russian Guards Trooper; Horse Artillery-Serjeant; Infantry-Private. Infantry Officer (Regiment Wyborg). Noble Guard Officer. Horse Artillery Guards-Officer. Cossacks-Imperial Guard, Regular, Irregular. Spanish Heavy Horse-Officer. Infantry Officer. Guerillas. Artillery, Canonier, Fusilier, Dragoon. Officer of Hussars. Foot Artillery Officer. £60 5s 340 THE MARTIAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF GREAT BRITAIN and Her Allies, 1799 to 1815. Comprising FIFTY-TWO PLATES BY HEATH, acquatinted by Dubourg and T. Sutherland, and coloured by hand, with descriptive letterpress, imperial 4to, half-morocco. 1814-15 £8 The plates include the Storming of Seringapatam, Defence of St. Jean d'Acre, the Landing in Egypt, Death of Abercromby, Battle of Maida, Peninsular Battles and Sieges (35 scenes), Storming of Monte Video, Burning of Moscow and Retreat of Buonaparte from Russia (3), Battle of Leipzig (3), Quatre Bras, Waterloo (2), Entrance of Allies into Paris, and emblematic title. 341 SMITH (C. Hamilton) Costume of the Army of the British Empire, designed by an Officer of the Staff, 61 brilliantly coloured plates, comprising frontispiece, 54 Costume plates of the Cavalry and Infantry, also the Foreign Legion, and 6 diagram plates showing the colouring of the Regimental facings, &c., imperial 4to, halfmorocco (Colnaghi). 1815 £55 342 VERSAILLES GALERIES HISTORIQUES, edit. Gavard, Édition de Luxe, specially Printed on Large Paper, with the series of 1422 steel engravings on China Paper, and the Arms of the Crusaders, illuminated in Gold, Silver, and Colours, 18 vols. folio, sumptuously bound in red morocco, richly decorated on back and sides, silk linings, with the initials of Louis Philippe on sides. 1838 £110 343 ANNALS OF EUROPE, an Illustrated Record of Important Events during the Years 1812-15, containing engraved and beautifully coloured full-page and double-page plates, together with a History of those momentous Transactions, also THE CAMPAIGN OF WATERLOO, map, large coloured view of the battle (24 in. by 18 in.), five other coloured plates, map, &c., 1 vol. royal folio, boards (fine uncut copy). 1815-17 (Bowyer) £3 108 £4 108 344 Another copy, half-morocco Coloured Plates-Smolensko, Moscow (double plate), Dresden, Leipzig (two double plates, Pursuit of the French and Entry of Allies, 19 Oct., 1813), Paris (Entry of Allies, 31 March, 1814), the Kremlin, Dantzig, Rosiere, Berlin, Hamburgh, the Hague, Frankfort, Amsterdam, Hanau, the Allied Armies on Square Louis XV., Paris, 10 April, 1814 (double plate); Leipzig and Gunnau, Porto Ferrajo, Elba (and portrait of Napoleon), Waterloo, Quatre Bras, La Belle Alliance, Hougomont, La Haye Sainte, and large view of the battle (24 in. by 18 in.). Other plates contain groups of portraits (3), autographs (1), and 2 maps. RUSSIAN MILITARY COSTUMES. Coloured plates (Martinet), 345 Les Cosaques en Bonne Fortune, framed 346 Officier Cosaque au Palais Royale, framed 347 Officiers de l'Armee Russe, framed 348 Officiers et Soldats Russes, framed 98 கககக 349 ROWLANDSON. The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, with an Account of his Campaign on the Peninsula and in Pall Mall [By JOHN MITFORD, R.N.], 15 humorous coloured plates by Rowlandson, 8vo, calf, gilt. 1816 £4 10s 351 DUMAS. Précis des Evénemens Militaires, ou Essais Historiques sur les Campagnes, 1799-1807, par Lieut.-Gen. M. le Comte MATHIEU DUMAS, avec Atlas du Cartes et Plans, par Tardieu, texte, 19 vols. 8vo, and ATLAS, eight sections, oblong folio, halfcalf. Paris, 1817-26 £3 Campaigns of 1799, new edition, 2 vols., 1817; 1800, 2 vols., 1816; 1801, 2 vols., 1817; 1802, 2 vols., 1819; 1803-4, 2 vols., 1820; 1805, 4 vols., 1822; 1806-7, 5 vols., 1824-26. Including maps and plans of Holland, Zurich, Plaisance, Mantua (2), Coni, Novi, Syria, the Alps and Italy (2), d'Engen and Stokach, Pont du Var, Genoa, Marengo, Ulm (2), Feldkirch. Egypt (2), Cairo, Alexandria, Hohenlinden, Pozzolo, Bussolengo, Monzambano, Peschiera, Passage of Splugen, la Pietra, Hautes Alpes, Course of the Main, the Grisons, Copenhagen (2), Elba, Portugal, Gibraltar and Algeciras, Boulogne (5), St. Domingo (3) and Guadeloupe, Coasts of Belgium, Camps of Dunkirk, Ostend, Montreuil, d'Ambleteuse, Utrecht, Hanover, Antwerp, Zealand, Antilles (W. I.), Alessandria (Italy), Germany, Elchingen, Caldiero, Castel-Franco, Trafalgar, Scharnitz, Maria-Zell, Diernstein (2), Vienna, Hollabrunn, Austerlitz, Moravia, Schleitz, Saxony-Prussia-Poland, Czarnowa, Nasielsk, Pultusk and Golimin (3), Soldau, Breslau, Stralsund, East Prussia, Mohrungen, Bergfried, Hoff, Eylau, Ostrolenka, Braunsberg, Dantzic (2), Spanden, &c., Heilsberg, Friedland, Königsberg, Kingdom of Naples, Maida, Gaeta (2), Cattaro (Ragusa), Schleitz, Saalfield, Auerstedt (2), Jena, Halle, Lubeck. 353 THE ROYAL MILITARY CALENDAR; or, Army Service and Commission Book, with Details of the Principal Military Events of the Last Century (18th), Third Edition, 5 vols. 8vo, half-calf. 1820 14s Contains the services and progress of promotion of Generals, Lieut.-Generals, Major-Generals, Colonels, Lieut.-Colonels, and Majors of the British Army, according to seniority. 355 HEATH (William). Collection of 52 very fine Coloured Plates of the Costume of the British Cavalry (42) and Infantry (7) Regiments, including SEVEN SCARCE COLOURED PRINTS by Daubnawia, viz., the Oxford Blues, 1st Dragoons (2), 3rd Dragoons, 5th Dragoons, 6th Dragoons, 9th Lancers, and 7 other plates, also 2 very fine BAXTER portraits of Queen Victoria and Prince Consort, in all 52 coloured costume prints, 4to, old morocco, richly gilt, neatly rebacked. 1827 £38 One of the best collections of cavalry regiments. 356 Each part, accurately coloured, has the appearance of a water-colour drawing. The Life of a Soldier, 18 spirited coloured plates, imperial 8vo, half-morocco, gilt edges. 1823 £6 357 PROCTER. The Lucubrations of Humphrey Ravelin, Esq., late Major in the XX. Regiment of Infantry [GEORGE PROCTER, Adjutant R. Mil. Coll.], 8vo, half-morocco. 1823 9. The Day of Badajoz, the Disbanding, the West Indies, the Anglo-East-India, Indian Warfare, and other Essays on Military Life. 358 MILITARY THANKS. Speeches of Right Hon. Charles Abbot, Lord Colchester, in communicating Thanks of the House of Commons to Military Commanders, 1807-16, with a Biographical Memoir and Appendix, 12mo, cloth. 1829 (not published) 38 6d The Appendix contains extracts from the London Gazette's Extraordinary on the Battles of Copenhagen, Roleia, Vimiera, Corunna, Talavera, Albuera. Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, Bourdeaux, Toulouse, Waterloo, Ligny, Capture of Paris. 360 KAUSLER. Atlas des plus Memorables Battailes, Combats, et Sieges des Temps Anciens, du Moyen Age et de l'Age Moderne en 200 FEUILLES...par Fr. de Kausler, 1 vol. large oblong folio, half-calf, with TEXT (in French and German) summarizing and describing the whole, 980 pages, 4to, half-calf. Carlsruhe, 1831 £4 Arranged in 14 sections, this work contains 213 large plates, on which are represented 244 battles, sieges, and combats-31 battles of ancient times, 59 of the Middle Ages, and 154 of more recent periods-French and Dutch Wars, Thirty Years' War, Wars of the Austrian and Spanish Succession, Seven Years' War, Turkish and Hungarian Wars, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in Germany, Italy, the Peninsula, &c., with outlines of their causes and results. The text gives also the details of each battle and of the forces engaged, their position, &c. 361 GERMAN ARMY COSTUMES, by ECKERT and MONTEN, lithographed and coloured, a Collection of 71 Plates, 8 in. by 10 in. [c. 1835] £9 Baden (22), Bavaria (4), Nassau (5), Wurtemburg (20), Saxony and others (20), Cavalry, Infantry, Gendarmes, &c. 362 each 5s The following, duplicates, separately Baden-Staff Officers' Reception; Artilleryman; Regimentsarzt. Lippe Detmold -Tambour Major Hautbois, and Clarion (1 plate); Nassau-Light Infantry Officers and Hornist; Schwarzburg Sondershausen-Officers, &c., in Parade Uniform; Staff Officer, Infantry, and Gendarme. 363 AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN ARMY. Collection of 44 Coloured lithographs, each 8 in. by 10 in. (c. 1835) £5 10s Staff Officers, Dragoons, Hussars, Cuirassiers, Grenadiers. Infantry, Gendarmes, Miners, Marines and Marine Officers, &c. 364 PRUSSIAN ARMY. Five large Coloured Plates, each 12 in. by 15 in. [c. 1835] £3 15s Cuirassier Guard, Cuirassier Officer, Landwehr Regiment (Cavalry), Hussar Officer, Officer of Dragoon Guards, 14 in. by 17 in. 365 ARMEE FRANCAISE. Coloured Plates, issued by Hautecour-Martinet, 8 in. by 11 in. Paris, [c. 1835] each 3s Chasseurs à Cheval, 4o Regiment, Chasseurs d'Orléans. 366 UNITED SERVICE MUSEUM: Reports and Papers relating to the Naval and Military Library and Museum, with Catalogue of Books and Models, 8vo, half-calf. 1836 4s 6d A Collection of Reports, &c., made by J. Ford, 79th Regiment, and presented to Sandhurst Military College. 148 367 TALES OF THE WARS; or, Naval and Military Chronicle, with numerous engravings, 4 vols. 8vo, half-calf. 1836-39 (Clark) With portraits and biographies of the great commanders, marshals, and descriptions of the great battles by sea and land, anecdotes and incidents. 368 ROCHELLE. Histoire du Régiment de Champagne (1558-1797), par ROUX DE ROCHELLE, 8vo, half-calf. 1839 5s French military institutions prior to the formation of regiments. services of the Regiment from the battle of St. Quentin 1557 to the battle of Rivoli 1797, including battles and sieges of d'Arlon, St. Denis, Jarnac, Moncontour, Rochelle, Coutras, Ivry, File de Ré, Louvain. Lérida, Llorens, Campaigns of Turenne, War of the Succession in Flanders, Seven Years' War, America, West Indies, East Indies, &c. 369 MAXWELL. The Victories of the British Armies: with Anecdotes Illustrative of Modern Warfare, by the Author of 'Stories of Waterloo,' 'Captain Blake,' &c. [Wм. H. MAXWELL], portraits and illustrations, 2 vols. 8vo, cloth. 1839 98 Seringapatam, Assaye, Egypt and Alexandria, the Cape, Calabria, Battles in the Peninsula and Pyrenees, Toulouse, Quatre Bras, Waterloo; Details and Anecdotes illustrative of modern warfare. 371 NAVAL AND MILITARY ALMANACK for 1840, edited by W. H. MAXWELL, 16 steel plates, plans, &c., 12mo, sewed 28 6d 2s 6d 4s 6d 374 GALERIE MILITAIRE: Armées Française, Prussienne, &c., coloured plates, each 5 in. by 7 in. Paris (Dero-Becker), 1840-43 each 1s 6d Officier de Cuirassier, 5th Regiment, Porte Etendart Infanterie Légère, PorteDrapeau et Sous-Officiers. Infanterie Légère, Tambour Major, Cosaques de l'Héritier Officier (Armée Russe), Hussards et Cuirassiers (Armée Prussienne), Infanterie de Ligne (Armée Autrichienne). 375 SPOONER. Costumes of the British Army, 53 brilliantly coloured plates, painted by Michael Angelo HAYES, engraved by Lynch, with duplicates of the 6th Dragoons and the 15th Hussars added, making 55 in all, 2 vols. imperial folio, morocco, gilt edges. 1840-44 £180 This is a complete set of what is usually termed SPOONER'S OBLONG SERIES, and they are extremely rare. Each costume plate contains a landscape background with incidental details, forming a perfect picture. They are not of the usual order containing single figures, but groups, thus showing every detail of costume, accoutrement, &c. The following duplicate plates on mounts separately : 376 Plate X. The Fusiliers-showing 23rd Royal Welsh, 5th, 7th, 21st, 87th Regt. £3 10s 377 Plate XI. Light Infantry-showing the 13th, 43rd, 51st, 52nd, 68th, 85th, 90th Regiments £2 10s 378 Plate XIV. Regiments of the Line-8th, 22nd, 24th, 36th, 44th, 46th, 58th, 88th, 97th, and 1st West India Regiments £2 10s 382 THE MILITARY ANNUAL for 1844, containing British Soldiers' Almanack, Thanks of Parliament for Services in China, Afghanistan, Campaign in Scinde, Courts Martial, Inventions, Regimental Transactions, Obituaries, &c., portraits, 8vo, cloth 4s 384 THIERS. Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire, par ADOLPHE THIERS, with 75 portraits and other engravings on steel, 20 vols. 8vo, halfcalf, and ATLAS of 66 maps, 4to, half-calf. Paris, 1845-62 £4 385 386 387 History of the French Revolution, translated by Shoberl, with a series of very fine steel engraved portraits and other illustrations, 5 vols. 8vo, cloth. 1838 £2 8s History of the French Revolution, translated by Shoberl, BEST LIBRARY EDITION, with steel portraits and plates, 5 vols. 8vo, cloth. Bentley, 1895 £1 12s History of the Consulate and Empire, translated by D. Forbes Campbell, best English Edition, with 75 steel plates, 12 vols. 8vo, cloth. 1893-94 £2 12s 6d "I know no author whose style is so admirably clear, and whose method has at once such thoroughness and such variety. He is never profound; but he is always intelligent and animated. I will add that, as far as my experience enables me to judge, he is more accurate as a military historian than is generally supposed." BOWEN, Campaigns of Napoleon, 1875, p. vi. 388 ALISON. The History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in 1789 to 1815, by Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON, CABINET EDITION, with Index, portrait, 20 vols. crown 8vo, cloth. 1848 389 £1 88 History of Europe, 1789-1815 (14 vols.), with CONTINUATION to 1852 (9 vols.), LIBRARY EDITION, with numerous steel portraits, 23 vols. demy 8vo, cloth; with ATLAS of 109 maps and plates, coloured. 1849-59 £4 10s "No other general history approaches Alison's in copious reference to military authorities, or in graphic description of the battles with which he deals." Gen. Sir FREDERIC MAURICE. Atlas to Alison's Europe, comprising 109 maps and plans of Countries, Sieges, and Battles, by A. KEITH Johnston, demy 4to (for library edition), cloth 391 392 393 £1 The Military Life of John, Duke of Marlborough, with Account of his Contemporaries and of the War of Succession, maps and plans, 2 vols. 8vo, cloth. 1848 12s Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, 3 vols. 8vo, cloth. 1850 12s These Essays supplement the History' and include several on military subjects -the French Revolutions of 1830 and 1848, the Carlist Struggle in Spain, &c. 394 Lives of Lord Castlereagh and Sir Charles Stewart, Second and Third Marquesses of Londonderry, with Annals of Contemporary Events, 3 vols. 8vo, cloth. 1861 128 As minister for war and for foreign affairs, Lord Castlereagh, in his achievements on behalf of Europe is, by Sir A. Alison, awarded the palm over both Wellington and the Emperor Alexander of Russia (ii. 493). His younger brother Sir Charles Stewart, fought under Moore and Wellington in the Peninsula (see his History of the War'), was subsequently envoy to Prussia and ambassador to Russia, Minister to the Congress at Vienna, and wrote a history of the War in Germany,' 'Tour in the North,' &c. . |
