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Scenery of the Rhine, Belgium and Holland, from drawings by Captn. Batty, of the Grenadier Guards F.R.S. Member of the Imperial Russian Order of St Anne.
by Batty, Captain Robert
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Robert Jennings. London. 1826. First edition, Large Paper. Engraved title. Dedication to the Countess of Pembroke, 60 tissue guarded engraved plates with accompanying text, as indexed, vignette. Half calf, marbled boards. Spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt lettering and motifs. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Marbled endpapers. Light variable foxing. Spotting to engraved title page. A handsome copy with historic provenance.
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Batty (1789-1848) army officer and artist Batty compiled books illustrated with plates etched by himself. He served in the Peninsular War, in the Duke of Wellington's 1815 Campaign, at Waterloo, where he was injured in the thigh. "Following Wellington's victory, Batty entered Paris with the 3rd battalion on 7 July, having en route been at the storming of the fortress of Péronne on 26 June. Three days later, he became a lieutenant and captain in the first guards. He served in the army of occupation in France." He was elected FRS in 1822. "Batty acted as Lieutenant-General Sir William Clinton's aide-de-camp with the 1826–7 expedition to Portugal in support of the young Portuguese queen against Spanish-backed rebels." ODNB.
Provenance: Bookplate of Gerald and Carola Lenanton, Bride Hall to fep.
Sir Gerald Roy Fay Lenanton (1896-1952). Bride Hall became the Special Operations Eexecutive secret weapons research 'Station VI' during WW2
Oman, Carola Mary Anima (1897-1978) Historian and novelist. Daughter of the military historian Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman (1860–1946). She married Gerald Lenanton in 1922.
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- Bookseller
- Paul Haynes Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Scenery of the Rhine, Belgium and Holland, from drawings by Captn. Batty, of the Grenadier Guards F.R.S. Member of the Imperial Russian Order of St Anne.
- Author
- Batty, Captain Robert
- Format/Binding
- Half calf, marbled boards.
- Book Condition
- Used - See item description
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Robert Jennings
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1826
- Size
- 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Bookplate, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Europe, Travel, Peninsula War, Duke of Wellington, Napoleon
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration; Military History; Provenance, Bookplates and Associations; Fine Bindings; Germany;
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Paul Haynes Rare Books
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Hay on Wye, Herefordshire
About Paul Haynes Rare Books
Paul Haynes has been an antiquarian bookseller since 1978. Based in Hay on Wye, he travels worldwide to buy and sell rare and old books. A member of the ABA, ILAB and PBFA. Paul Haynes Rare Books offers both antiquarian and scarce books in all subjects, with something of a bias towards the owner's passion for Travel and Exploration.
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