[Rarebooks] FS: Earliest issue of Jenkins color plate book, "Martial Achievments of Great Britain..."

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(COLOR PLATE BOOKS) Jenkins, James. THE MARTIAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF GREAT 
BRITAIN AND HER ALLIES; FROM 1797 TO 1815. London: Printed for J. Jenkins by L. 
Harrison & J. C. Leigh. (1815). Lg. 4to. Unpaginated. With the copper 
engraved title, and with all 53 colored plates. In addition this copy has the 
colored portrait of the Duke of Wellington ("not issued during publication, but 
is a later insertion" Abbey. LIFE... p. 310) and the seldom encountered 
colored portrait of Field Marshal von Blucher. Cont. straight grained red 
morocco, gilt & blind tooled. Marbled endpapers. A.e.g. Spine somewhat rubbed, but 
quite nice.     $5,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
The first edition, earliest issue, with both text & plates with 
pre-publication watermark dates (mostly 1812). See Abbey. LIFE IN ENGLAND #365.

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