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Moore Sir John

A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain,. commanded by Lieut.-General Sir John Moore. Authenticated by Official Papers and Original Letters. By James Moore. The Fourth Edition. THE COUNTESS OF KINGSTON'S COPY IN SIGNED JULLION BINDING

Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, 1809

851.00 €

Island Books (Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1809
Author
Moore Sir John
Publishers
Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard
Keyword
military, napoleonic wars, napoleon, peninsular war, sir john moore, corunna, countess of kingston, caroline king, jullion, fine bindings, bookbinding, bookbindings
Languages
English

Description

8vo., Fourth Edition, with two large folding engraved maps COLOURED BY HAND (one map with short tear in one fold); handsomely bound in contemporary tan full straight-grained morocco BY [Francis] JULLION, sides with multiple frame borders in decorative gilt and blind enclosing blind frame border stopped at corners with floral sprays, back with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second compartment lettered in gilt, all other compartments richly tooled in gilt with stylised sprays, gilt doublures, all edges gilt, rose endpapers, a splendid copy in wholly unrestored period binding with virtually no trace of the usual offsetting and age-staining. A SPLENDID COPY WITH THE ENGRAVED HERALDIC BOOKPLATE OF CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF KINGSTON, AND THE EMBOSSED COLOURED BOOKPLATE OF MAX SALOMON, ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. WITH THE TRADE TICKET OF JULLION OF LONDON ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER VERSO. The maps are coloured to depict the various armies' battle-positions. Caroline King, nee FitzGerald {1754-1823) was wife to Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston. Francis Jullion was binder to HRH the Duke of Gloucester. Sandler 2400.