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ARTHUR WELLESLEY, DUKE OF WELLINGTON (1769-1852)
The Dispatches of Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington. A New Edition [with:] The General Orders. London: John Murray, 1837-1839. 14 vols., 8° (215 x 136mm). (General Orders lacking title, light spotting to the first and last few leaves of some volumes.) Contemporary maroon half leather, spines gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: 'General Viscount Hardinge, South Park, 1853' (bookplate).
[with:] Sir Walter SCOTT (1771-1832). The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte. Second Edition. Edinburgh: Cadell, & Co., 1827. 9 vols., 8° (185 x 115mm). Errata slips in vols. 1 and 2. (Spotting to first and last few gatherings, a few shorts marginal tears, one leaf in vol. I with a long tear in the gutter not affecting text, two leaves in vol. 6 loose.) Contemporary half calf, flat spines gilt, red morocco labels (extremities rubbed).
Henry Hardinge, governor general of India, first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore (1785-1856) joined Wellington's troops in Portugal in December 1807. 'Wellington soon noted his qualities; he asked General Beresford to send him "Hardinge or some other staff officer who has intelligence, to whom I can talk about the concerns of the Portuguese army"' (DNB). He was a close confidant, and once Wellington was prime minister, Hardinge became secretary at war. After Wellington's death in March 1852, Hardinge succeeded him as general commanding-in-chief, and became field marshal in October 1855.
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The Dispatches of Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington. A New Edition [with:] The General Orders. London: John Murray, 1837-1839. 14 vols., 8° (215 x 136mm). (General Orders lacking title, light spotting to the first and last few leaves of some volumes.) Contemporary maroon half leather, spines gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: 'General Viscount Hardinge, South Park, 1853' (bookplate).
[with:] Sir Walter SCOTT (1771-1832). The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte. Second Edition. Edinburgh: Cadell, & Co., 1827. 9 vols., 8° (185 x 115mm). Errata slips in vols. 1 and 2. (Spotting to first and last few gatherings, a few shorts marginal tears, one leaf in vol. I with a long tear in the gutter not affecting text, two leaves in vol. 6 loose.) Contemporary half calf, flat spines gilt, red morocco labels (extremities rubbed).
Henry Hardinge, governor general of India, first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore (1785-1856) joined Wellington's troops in Portugal in December 1807. 'Wellington soon noted his qualities; he asked General Beresford to send him "Hardinge or some other staff officer who has intelligence, to whom I can talk about the concerns of the Portuguese army"' (DNB). He was a close confidant, and once Wellington was prime minister, Hardinge became secretary at war. After Wellington's death in March 1852, Hardinge succeeded him as general commanding-in-chief, and became field marshal in October 1855.
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