Beschreibung:

Bowyer (Robert). An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe, During the Last Four Years; Comprising a Series of Views pf the Principal Places, Battles, etc. Connected with those Events. Together with a History of those Momentous Transactions, Compiled from Official and other Authentic Documents, London: T. Bensley and Son for R. Bowyer, 1816, 11 hand-coloured aquatint plates (including 3 folding and 2 plates on 1 sheet), uncoloured map, plate of facsimile signatures, wood-engraved illustration, bound with The Campaign of Waterloo, Illustrated with Engravings for Les Quatre Bras, La Belle Alliance, Hougoumont, La Haye Sainte, and Other Principal Scenes of Action; Including a Correct Military Plan, Together with a Grand View of the Battle on a Large Scale. To which is Prefixed a History of the Campaign, Compiled from Official Documents and Other Authentic Sources, London: T. Bensley and Son for Robert Bowyer 1816, 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates (including 1 folding and 4 plates on 2 sheets), uncoloured map, 2 uncoloured plates of portraits, a few sheets watermarked 'J. Whatman 1814', one or two small neat marginal repairs and small light stains, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, later crimson half morocco gilt, edges slightly rubbed, folio, 47.5 x 34 cm (Quantity: 1) Provenance: The Library of William Foyle Part III, Christie's, 13 July 2000, part lot 841. Cf. Abbey Life 351-354. The two parts could be considered as two separate works with another associated work Triumphs of Europe issued in 1814 and 1814-15. The publisher apparently issued the work under various titles to take advantage of the Allied victories over Napoleon, with additions and deletions of text according to the latest received news.