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Plate 2. Cossacks, Flying to Annoy. vide Bonaparte's 28th Bulletin, Dedicated to Napoleon the Great, by his Non Allie John Bull.
Pub.d Jan.y 1 1813 by S.Knight, late Walker & Knight, No.3 Sweetings Alley, Roy.l Exch.e.
Scarce coloured etching. 235 x 355mm (9¼ x 14"). Trimmed into plate at sides, pinholes in margins. Repaired tear left margin.
Three cossack riders perform a hit-and-run attack on French troops.
[Ref: 62463] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
['The Downfall of Bonaparte'] The Western Luminary: The Family Newspaper of the Nobility & Gentry, Farmers & Traders of the Counties of Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset. Vol. II.--- Nº. 59. Price 8d.
Tuesday, April 19, 1814. Printed at Exeter by T. Flindell.
Letterpress newspaper. Folio (390 x 270mm), pp. (8), with tax stamp. Folds, tears with loss and surface dirt. Page 7 double-printed.
A regional newspaper giving a contemporary account of 'The Downfall of Bonaparte', with details of the new French constitution, an 'Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte' and a section on 'Bonaparte's Allies in Cornwall'.
[Ref: 62560] £250.00
Quadrupeds or Little Boneys Last Kick.
[G. Cruikshank fec.t]
[Pub.d Jan.y 1st 1813 by W.N. Jones 5 Newgate Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 180 x 520mm (7 x 20½"). Trimmed to image, losing title and inscriptions, split in centre fold with toning. Loss on left margin.
Tsar Alexander, as the Russian bear, stands in the centre holding Napoleon suspended in the air by one jack-booted leg, and plying a large birch-rod. Jack Frost, a hideous goblin, tweaks Napoleon's nose. Behind an army of Russian bears drive the French into the 'Sea of Troubles'. BM Satires 11992, with extensive description.
[Ref: 62474] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Bound reprint of The Times newspaper, June 22nd 1815, with reports of the Battle of Waterloo.]
[n.d., 1915?]
4to, 450 x 300mm (17¾ x 12"), blue cloth gilt; pp.(iv), letterpress. . Folds, tears and surface dirt, bottom edge reinforced with brown tape, binding worn.
A centenary(?) facsimile of The Times newspaper printed five days after the Battle of Waterloo, containing the first reports, including a list of casualties. The original was larger and had five columns; the list of casualties was published on the 23rd June. https://guides.loc.gov/noteworthy-newspaper-issues/london-times
[Ref: 62559] £150.00
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