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JENKINS, James (publisher). The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies from 1799 to 1815. London: L. Harrison & J.C. Leigh for J. Jenkins, [n.d., watermarked 1812]. Large 4° (335 x 273mm). 4pp. subscribers' list. Engraved title with uncoloured vignette, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, plate of the armorial bearings of the Duke of Wellington and 51 plates, each within a light grey wash border. (Occasional light spotting or staining, more obtrusive to Abbey plate nos. 15 and 24.) Red half morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second, the others with repeeat pattern in gilt, gilt edges. A fine early issue. Abbey Life 365; Tooley 386. BOWYER, Robert (publisher). An Illustrated Record of important events in The Annals of Europe, during the last four years .. ; The Campaign of Waterloo illustrated... London: Bensley for Bowyer, 1816 [pre-publication watermarks]. 2 parts in 1 volume, 2° (473 x 340mm). 14 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 4 folding, 5 uncoloured plates and maps. (Occasional small neat marginal repairs.) Modern red half morocco gilt, top edge gilt. FIRST EDITION. The two parts can be considered as separate works. A third part (or work) was issued under the title The Triumphs of Europe , but the publication history is clearly complicated, and not yet adequately recorded (even by Abbey). It appears that Bowyer, in an effort to take advantage of the euphoria of victory, issued the work under various titles with various combinations of both text and plates, additions and deletions being made as the latest news was released. Cf.Abbey Life 351-354. (2)