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ELLIOTT, George. The Life of the Most Noble Arthur Duke of Wellington. London: J. Cundee for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1816.
8o (213 x 133 mm). Half title, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved folding map, hand-colored engraved map (intermittent spotting, light offsetting). Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, covers with double gilt fillet enclosing wide gilt and blind roll border, spine gilt and gilt-lettered, edges gilt concealing a DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF WELLINGTON AND PICTON WITH APSLEY HOUSE AND PORTRAITS OF NAPOLEON AND BLUCHER WITH HOUGOUMONT (joints lightly rubbed, upper cover and spine torn away, light wear to extremities). Provenance: William Long (bookplate); Estelle Doheny (her sale Christie's New York, 21 February 1989, lot 1938).
8o (213 x 133 mm). Half title, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved folding map, hand-colored engraved map (intermittent spotting, light offsetting). Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, covers with double gilt fillet enclosing wide gilt and blind roll border, spine gilt and gilt-lettered, edges gilt concealing a DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF WELLINGTON AND PICTON WITH APSLEY HOUSE AND PORTRAITS OF NAPOLEON AND BLUCHER WITH HOUGOUMONT (joints lightly rubbed, upper cover and spine torn away, light wear to extremities). Provenance: William Long (bookplate); Estelle Doheny (her sale Christie's New York, 21 February 1989, lot 1938).