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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design
• Sale Date:
  21 Jun 2017 ~ 5.30pm
• Lot #:
  326
• Lot Description:
  The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies; from 1799 to 1815, London: printed for James Jenkins, circa 1835
  An autograph letter signed by the Duke of Wellington to the Earl of Lindsay; A report signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and General Savary, Ist Duke of Rovego; The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies, from 1799 to 1815, London; printed for James Jenkins, 1814-15, title with etched vignette, additional hand-coloured engraved title, dedication to the Duke of Wellington with coloured coat-of-arms and 51 hand coloured aquatinted plates, red gilt tooled half morocco with marbled end boards, 36.1 cm by 28 cm; the letter of 1 page to the Earl of Lindsay marked 'Private', signed and dated overleaf, October 3rd, 1837, detailing the importance of the Earl's attendance at the next session of Parliament, signed, 23.7cm by 18.6 cm; the report dated, Paris 6th February 1812, from the Minister of War, detailing the movement of prisoners to the Chateau de Bouillon, initialled 'NP' for Napoleon Bonaparte, countersigned by the French General Savary, attached as extra leaf with 3 sides folio, 35.5 x 24 cm
  Volume 37.3 x 30 cm
• Estimate:
  A$5,000 - 7,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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