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An historical account of the campaign of the Netherlands, in 1815, under his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and Marshal Prince Blucher : comprising the battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras, and Waterloo : with a detailed narrative of the political events connected with those memorable conflicts, down to the surrender of Paris, and the departure of Bonaparte for St. Helena / drawn up from the first authorities by William Mudford ; illustrated by numerous public and private documents ... ; embellished with a series of plates ... from drawings made on the spot, by James Rouse, Esq. ; also a plan of the battle, and a map ...

Accession number
PML 145703-06
Creator
Mudford, William, 1782-1848.
Published
London : Printed for Henry Colburn, Conduit Street, Hanover Square, 1817.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
"W. Flint, printer, Old Bailey, London"--T.p. verso.
Added engraved t.p.: An historical account of the battle of Waterloo ... Publish'd by H. Colburn, Conduit Street, London, 1816.
Half title: Historical account of the campaign in the Netherlands, &c. &c.
Running title: Historical account of the battle of Waterloo.
Errata: p. [2] (2nd group).
"Description of plates": p. [xv]-xviii.
"Directions to the binder.": p. [2] (2nd group).
Plates are published by H. Colburn.
Plates are lettered A to W; with a final plate unlettered ("Y" in description of plates).
Illustrated with aquatints, all handcolored as issued; 20 plates are drawn and engraved by James Rouse. Plate of portraits, "The Battle of Waterloo," and last unlettered plate, "Flight of Bonaparte," drawn and etched by G. Cruikshank, engraved by J. Rouse. "Map of the country between Brussels & Paris ..." drawn and engraved by Sy Hall, 14 Bury Stt. Bloomsby. Added t.p. drawn and etched by G. Cruikshank, engraved by J. Rouse, with calligraphic lettering by Dyer. Plates T, U, V, and W are drawn by C.C. Hamilton and engraved by J. Rouse.
Library's copy in original parts, with illustrated aquatint boards reading: An historical account of the battle of Waterloo, by William Mudford, Esqr. Illustrated by numerous splendidly coloured plates plans &c from drawings taken on the spot by James Rouse, Esqr. London. Printed for Henry Colburn ... 1816.
With plate entitled "Portraits of the general officers"; does not include the "supplementary" plate 23, "View of the city of Brussels", as described in Abbey for some copies.
Description
4 v. (xviii, [2], 368 p., [30] leaves of plates (some folded)) : col. ill. (aquatint), maps, ports. ; 35 cm
Provenance
Bookplate of Reuben Jay Flick; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Original brown pictorial boards reproducing the aquatint design of the added illustrated t.p.
Classification
Department