Folio, contemporary three-quarter straight-grain red morocco; raised bands and gilt lettering to spine; gilt fillet to boards; marbled boards; uncut; spine re-backed; fresh hinges. First edition of the later issue of this dramatically illustrated record of British military action during Lord Wellington's Peninsular Campaign with hand-coloured frontispiece vignette title-page and dedication with Wellington's coat-of-arms and 51 additional vividly hand-coloured aquatints of battle scenes by Thomas Sutherland after drawings by William Heath. A beautiful production uncut in original boards. A brilliant and worthy record of a brilliant period in England's history" (Hardie English Coloured Books 147). From the terrifying rout and retreat at Corunna to the glorious victory at Talavera the British and their allies fought to keep Napoleon out of Spain and Portugal. In 1807 a demoralized and ill-defended Spain was at the mercy of the French Emperor. Seven years later, and the loss of over a million lives, the French finally retreated over the Pyrenees, never to return. The Anglo Portuguese Army, under a brilliant strategist, the Duke of Wellington, and supported by Spanish guerrilla irregulars, had ground down the best equipped and most feared army in Europe. Jenkins' work "is worthy of its theme; nor could one desire a finer record of heroic deeds" (Prideaux 224). Scenes include "The Burning of Moscow," "The Storming of St. Sebastian," "The Entrance of the Allies into Paris," and "The Battle of Waterloo." Each plate is accompanied by text describing the action with lists of those killed and wounded and excerpts from contemporary bulletins dispatches letters and speeches. The aquatint engraver Thomas Sutherland was known for his separately issued sporting prints of horses coaches and hunting scenes after Henry Alken and others. By 1804 he was signing his engravings and shortly thereafter was employed by London publisher Rudolph Ackermann. First published in 1814-15, Sutherland's plates for Jenkins' Martial Achievements were reprinted several times: this copy was printed on text stock watermarked "J. Whatman 1812" with plate stock watermarked "T. Edmunds 1830" and "1831." Original publisher's price label on front pastedown. Without list of subscribers. Plates fine with vivid hand-colouring vertical crease to front free endpaper light a few light marks of handling. A lovely, about-fine copy. *Ron Norman of Hartlepool carried out rebinding and restoration work on this book. (Ronnorm@aol.com)* Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontis. [Vignette title: 'Martial Achievements'] 2. Title page. 3. 'Martial Achievements' Coat of Arms. 4. Storming of Seringapatam - May 4th 1799. 5. Defence of the Breach at St. Jean d'Acre, May 8, 1799. 6. Landing of the British Troops in Egypt, March 8, 1801. 7. Death of Sir Ralph Abercromby, March 21, 1801. 8. Battle of Maida - July 4, 1806. 9. Storming of Monte Video - February 3, 1807. 10. Battle of Roleia - Aug 17th 1808. 11. Battle of Vimiera - Aug 21st 1808. 12. Battle of Corunna, January 17, 1809. 13. Death of Sir John Moore, January 17, 1809. 14. Battle of Grigo - May 11, 1809. 15. Battle of Salamonda - May 16, 1809. 16. Battle of Talavera, July 28, 1809. 17. Battle of Busaco - September 27, 1810. 18. Battle of Barrosa, March 5, 1811. 19. Battle of Pombal - March 12, 1811. 20. Defeat of a French Division before Badajos - March 25, 1811. 21. Battle of Fuentes d'Onoro - May 5th 1811. 22. Battle of Albuera - May 16, 1811. 23. Marshall Beresford disarming a Polish lancer at the Battle of Albuera - May 16, 1811. 24. Siege of Badajoz, June 1811. 25. Storming of Cuidad Rodrigo, Jan 19th 1813. 26. Gen Sir Thomas Picton Storming the Moorish Castle of Badajos. March 31, 1812. 27. Battle of Salamanca, July 22, 1812. 28. Battle of Seville - August 27, 1812. 29. Burning of Moscow, Sept 1812. 30. Flight of Bonaparte from the Battle of Krasnoi. 31. Bonaparte's Flight in Disguise from Russia, 1811. 32. Battle of Castilla, April 13, 1813. 33. Entrance of Lord Wellington into Salamanca; at the Head of a Regiment of Hussars - May 20, 1813. 34. Battle of Morales - June 2, 1813. 35. Battle of Vittoria, June 21, 1813. 36. Battle of Vittoria, Bringing in the Prisoners. 37. Siege of St. Sebastian - July 1813. 38. Battle of the Pyrenees, July 28, 1813. 39. Storming of St. Sebastian, August 31, 1813. 40. Death of Moreau, before Dresden, Aug 1813. 41. Battle of Bidassoa - Oct 9th 1813. 42. Battle of Leipsic, October 19, 1813. 43. Meeting of the Emperors of Russia & Austria, King of Prussia, & Crown Prince of Sweden, in the Great Square of Leipsic, October 18, 1813. 44. Blowing Up of the Bridge at Elster. 45. Battle of Nivelle - Nov 10th 1813. 46. Battle of St. Jean de Luz - December 10, 1813. 47. Attack on the Road to Bayonne - December 13, 1813. 48. Battle of Orthes, February 27, 1814. 49. Entrance of the Allies into Paris - March 31, 1814. 50. Battle of Toulouse - April 10, 1814. 51. The Sortie from Bayonne, at 3 in the morning, on April 14, 1814. 52. Battle of Quarter Bras - June 16, 1815. 53. The Centre of the British Army in Action at the Battle of Waterloo, June 18, 1815. 54. The left-wing of the British Army in Action at the Battle of Waterloo - June 18, 1815.