Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, Loyal Volunteers of London & environs, infantry & cavalry in their respective uniforms , 1799]
- Title(s):
- Loyal Volunteers of London & environs, infantry & cavalry in their respective uniforms : representing the whole of the manual, platoon & funeral exercise, in 87 plates / designed & etch'd by T. Rowlandson, and dedicated by permission to His Royal Highness the Duke of Glocester.
- Additional Title(s):
- Loyal Volunteers of London and environs, infantry and cavalry in their respective uniforms
- Published/Created:
- [London : R. Ackermann, Strand, 1799]
- Physical Description:
- [2], viii, [92] p., 77, [8], [1] leaves of plates : ill. ; 35 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsUC485.G7 L6 1799+ Copy 1 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsUC485.G7 L6 1799+Copy 2 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsUC485.G7 L6 1799+ Copy 3 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3427391
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Preface is signed: R. Ackermann ... August 12, 1799.
Title page is engraved.
Descriptive text accompanies each plate.
"Two additional plates exist, 'Expedition of Military Fly' and 'Sadler's Flying Artillery': the book [Abbey copy] was bound in volume form before they were issued."--Cf. Abbey.
English short title catalogue, T77372
Colas, R. Bibliographie générale du costume et de la mode, 2586
Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 416
Kunstbibliothek (Berlin, Germany). Katalog der Lipperheideschen Kostümbibliothek (2. Aufl.), Qh8
"List of subscribers": p. [1-3].
Errata: p. [91].
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 379
BAC: British Art Center has three copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Two additional plates not included. Bound in gold-tooled calf. Copy 2 bound in gold-tooled calf, rebacked. Additional plates not included. Armorial bookplate of Sir Edward B. Baker, Bart. Copy 3 bound in contemporary boards. Has the two additional plates. - Subject Terms:
- Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.Baker, Edward B. -- Bookplate.Great Britain. Army -- Uniforms -- Early works to 1800.Great Britain. Army. Volunteers -- Early works to 1800.Military service, Voluntary -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.Military uniforms -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800.
- Form/Genre:
- Armorial Bookplates (Provenance)
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1799. - Export:
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