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ROWLANDSON, Thomas. Loyal Volunteers of London & Environs, Infantry & Cavalry in their respective uniforms. Representing the whole of the manual, platoon, & funeral exercise. London: R. Ackermann [1798-1799]
4° (340 x 260 mm.), hand-coloured engraved title, list of subscribers, 86 finely hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson, heightened with gold and silver and 2 folding coloured plates Sadlers Flying Artillery and Expedition or Military Fly bound at the end. Scarlet straight-grained morocco, sides with double-gilt fillet borders enclosing gilt arms of George III, spine gilt, g.e., grey-wash endpapers with gilt tooling, by C. Hering with his ticket, contained in modern morocco-backed box
FINE COPY WITH THE ARMS OF GEORGE III, who heads the list of subscribers, finely bound by Hering and with the two rare additional plates. Abbey Life 379; Tooley 416
4° (340 x 260 mm.), hand-coloured engraved title, list of subscribers, 86 finely hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson, heightened with gold and silver and 2 folding coloured plates Sadlers Flying Artillery and Expedition or Military Fly bound at the end. Scarlet straight-grained morocco, sides with double-gilt fillet borders enclosing gilt arms of George III, spine gilt, g.e., grey-wash endpapers with gilt tooling, by C. Hering with his ticket, contained in modern morocco-backed box
FINE COPY WITH THE ARMS OF GEORGE III, who heads the list of subscribers, finely bound by Hering and with the two rare additional plates. Abbey Life 379; Tooley 416