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Fine Books and Manuscripts Lot 142

THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO; OR

THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO; OR, A FAITHFUL AND INTERESTING HISTORY OF THE UNPARALLELED EVENTS... From the period of Bonaparte's escape from Elba, to his arrival at St. Helena: containing a circumstantial narrative of the decisive victory... on the Plains of Waterloo, June 18, 1815. Manchester, J Gleave, 1816. Second Edition, 8vo, folding engraved and hand-coloured map, engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title, folding hand-coloured engraving of the 'Plains of Waterloo', plus other engravings, foxed throughout as usual, 19th century quarter red morocco with red cloth boards. This second-edition 1816 Manchester imprint is scarce; LLANOVER, LADY & GRANVILLE, MARY - THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND CORRESPONDENCE OF MARY GRANVILLE, Mrs. Delaney, With Interesting Reminiscences of King George the Third and Queen Charlotte. London, Richard Bentley, 1861. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, engraved plates, attractive 19th century bindings by L A Smart of Gloucester of green calf with marbled boards and brown morocco labels; ROBERTSON, WILLIAM - AN HISTORICAL DISQUISITION CONCERNING THE KNOWLEDGE WHICH THE ANCIENTS HAD OF INDIA; and the Progress of Trade with that country prior to the Discovery of the Passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope. London, Cadell & Davies, 1809. Fifth edition, 8vo, 2 folding maps (tears along folds), foxing throughout, attractively bound in 19th century red calf with paper boards, spine gilt (5)

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