PICTON, G. W. The Battle of Waterloo, London: R. Edwards, [1816], 8°, 3 hand-coloured folding engraved plans, 9 plates, most hand-coloured aquatints by T. Crabb after G. M. Brightly, 2 engraved portraits (occasional dampstaining and browning), 19th-century calf gilt (joints cracked, covers stained). [Partridge 624: "includes eye witness accounts of the battle as well as Wellington's official despatch"; Abbey Life 377]

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PICTON, G. W. The Battle of Waterloo, London: R. Edwards, [1816], 8°, 3 hand-coloured folding engraved plans, 9 plates, most hand-coloured aquatints by T. Crabb after G. M. Brightly, 2 engraved portraits (occasional dampstaining and browning), 19th-century calf gilt (joints cracked, covers stained). [Partridge 624: "includes eye witness accounts of the battle as well as Wellington's official despatch"; Abbey Life 377]

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