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The Swedish army in colored aquatints
Baron Eben & Nicolaus Heideloff, 1808
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The Swedish army in colored aquatints
Baron Eben & Nicolaus Heideloff, 1808
EBEN, Adolphus Christian Frederick, Baron d’ (1771-1832) and HEIDELOFF, Nicolaus (1761-1837). The Swedish Army. Modèles de l’Uniforme Militaire Adopté dans l’Armée Royale de Suède. London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1808.
Colored aquatints of Swedish officers and soldiers against picturesque backgrounds of army camps, fortifications, and city views. Baron Eben, born of an ancient Prussian family in Silesia, entered the English service in 1800 and eventually served in the Prince of Wales’s 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons in 1806-1808. At the command of the Prince of Wales, he established a company of light horse, after the manner of the Hungarian hussars and composed of foreigners. The present work, dedicated to the Prince of Wales, consists of 29 pages of “Remarks on the Organization and Present State of the Swedish Army” (with facing text in French), followed by vivid aquatints by Heideloff after original drawings by Eben. It was probably meant as a study to aid Eben's efforts to reorganize the English army. Colas 927; Prideaux p. 334; Tooley (2nd ed.), p. 432. See Encyclopedia Americana (Philadelphia, 1847), vol. IV, pp. 383-4.
Quarto (336 x 270mm). 2 engraved dedication leaves in English and French; 1 partly colored aquatint plate entitled “The Distinctive Marks of Rank”; 24 colored aquatints heightened in silver and gold, individual captions in ink (occasional spotting and smudging). 19th century half calf over marbled boards, gilt leather titling pieces on front board and spine (a little rubbed).
Baron Eben & Nicolaus Heideloff, 1808
EBEN, Adolphus Christian Frederick, Baron d’ (1771-1832) and HEIDELOFF, Nicolaus (1761-1837). The Swedish Army. Modèles de l’Uniforme Militaire Adopté dans l’Armée Royale de Suède. London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1808.
Colored aquatints of Swedish officers and soldiers against picturesque backgrounds of army camps, fortifications, and city views. Baron Eben, born of an ancient Prussian family in Silesia, entered the English service in 1800 and eventually served in the Prince of Wales’s 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons in 1806-1808. At the command of the Prince of Wales, he established a company of light horse, after the manner of the Hungarian hussars and composed of foreigners. The present work, dedicated to the Prince of Wales, consists of 29 pages of “Remarks on the Organization and Present State of the Swedish Army” (with facing text in French), followed by vivid aquatints by Heideloff after original drawings by Eben. It was probably meant as a study to aid Eben's efforts to reorganize the English army. Colas 927; Prideaux p. 334; Tooley (2nd ed.), p. 432. See Encyclopedia Americana (Philadelphia, 1847), vol. IV, pp. 383-4.
Quarto (336 x 270mm). 2 engraved dedication leaves in English and French; 1 partly colored aquatint plate entitled “The Distinctive Marks of Rank”; 24 colored aquatints heightened in silver and gold, individual captions in ink (occasional spotting and smudging). 19th century half calf over marbled boards, gilt leather titling pieces on front board and spine (a little rubbed).
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