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[COMBE, William.] The Wars of Wellington, a narrative poem; in fifteen cantos, London: C. Whittingham for the Author, 1819, 4° (295 x 235mm.), FIRST EDITION, 30 hand-coloured aquatint plates by J. C Stadler after W. Heath (occasional spotting and browning), later half calf, spine gilt in compartments (very lightly rubbed). [Partridge 267: "a very poor poem celebrating the Duke's triumphs from Assaye to Waterloo"; Abbey Life 357; Prideaux p.332]