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ASPIN, Jehoshaphat.
Naval and Military Exploits Which Have Distinguished the Reign of George the Third, Accurately Described, and Methodically Arranged. Embellished with Numerous Color Plates
This account chronicles the battles George III engaged in, from his accession to the throne in 1760 to the storming of Algiers in 1816.
- Published
- London: Printed for Samuel Leigh by W. Clowes, 1819.
- References
- Tooley 70 and Howes (1994) A 362; Bobins II 343; Abbey Life 350.
- Plates
- 35
- Binding/Size
- Xs=12mo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: Printed for Samuel Leigh by W. Clowes, 1819.
- Ref
- 92
12mo. viii [2} 784 bound in two handsome volumes in 3/4 red leather and marbled boards, top edge gilt, spine decoratively stamped and ruled with raised bands and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Embellished with 35 circular hand-coloued aquatint plates (measuring 2.5 inches in diameter). This set has two extra plates, "Vittoria" and "Pampeluna." The frontispiece "A Review" is missing and in its place is the plate "Vittoria." Minor rubbing to some of the corners and front joint of volume 1. Tipped on to the front flyleaf of volume 1 is a clipping from an 1899 catalog describing this title. A very clean tight, and attractive set of plates. Coloured plates in order : Volume 1. 1. Vittoria. 2. Bunker's Hill. 3. Lord Rodney's Victory. Volume 2. 4. Seringapatam. 5. Tippo Sahib. 6. Death of Wang. 7. Lincelles. 8. Lord Howe's Victory. 9. Lord Nelson boarding St. Joseph. 10. Lord Duncan's Victory. 11. Battle of the Nile. 12. Defeat of the French in Ireland. 13. St. Jean D'Acre. 14. Victory at Copenhagen. 15. Death of Abercrombie. 16. Lord Nelson. Trafalgar. 17. Sir R. Strachan's Victory. 18. Alexandria. 19. Vimiera. 20. Death of Moore. 21. Oporto. 22. Talavera. 23. Busaco. 24. Albuera. 25. Ciudad Rodrigo. 26. Badajoz. 27. Salamanca. 28. San Sebastiano. 29. Pampeluna. 30. Toulouse. 31. Waterloo. 32. Bonaparte on the Northumberland. 33. Boarding the Chesapeake. 34. Slaves delivered Algiers. 35. Storming of Algiers.
