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RALFE, James (fl. 1820-1829). An album of plates from The Naval Chronology of Great Britain ... from the Commencement of the War in 1803, to 1816. London: L. Harrison for Whitmore and Fenn, 1820. 2° (285 x 220mm). 30 (of 60) hand-coloured and tinted aquatint plates by T. Sutherland, F.C. Lewis, and others after T. Whitcombe, J. Beresford, and others. (Some light marginal soiling.) 19th-century half sheep (worn).
FULL-MARGINED PLATES COLOURED IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND. Tooley notes that 'genuine coloured copies are rare'; they are distinguished from copies coloured later by the head-line captions printed in blue rather than black. The plates are normally heavily cut-down when bound with the octavo text; the Abbey copy is described as uncut but measuring only 256x175mm. The plates are based on drawings made by officers who participated in the action shown. Tooley 392; Abbey, Life, 342; Sabin 67602.
FULL-MARGINED PLATES COLOURED IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND. Tooley notes that 'genuine coloured copies are rare'; they are distinguished from copies coloured later by the head-line captions printed in blue rather than black. The plates are normally heavily cut-down when bound with the octavo text; the Abbey copy is described as uncut but measuring only 256x175mm. The plates are based on drawings made by officers who participated in the action shown. Tooley 392; Abbey, Life, 342; Sabin 67602.
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