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003 $ UK-LoRAA
005 $ 20220830125204.6
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
245 1 0 $a The military costume of Europe : $b exhibited in a series of highly-finished military figures, in the uniform of their several corps; with a concise description, and historical anecdotes ; forming memoirs of the various armies of the present time. $n Vol. I [II].
260 # # $a London $b T. Goddard, Military Library, No. 1, Pall Mall ; and J. Booth, Duke-Street, Portland-Place $c 1812-1822
300 # # $a 2 vol. in one: $b col. illus.; $c 370 mm.
500 # # $a The work here appears as two volumes bound as one. The volume comprises the title-page of Vol. I, Advertisement 2 pp., 89 plates each with one leaf of text.The set lacks plate numbers [3], [6], [9], [15], [17], [21], [24] and [33] of vol. I [viz. Tooley 236] and the plates are not bound in the order listed in Tooley. The work also lacks the title-page for Vol. II. The printer statement appears on the verso of the title-page, 'Printed by W. Clowes, Northumberland-court, Strand.' The plates are hand-coloured etchings.
510 0 # $a R. V. Tooley. English books with coloured plates : 1790-1860 : a bibliographical account of the most important books illustrated by English artists in colour aquatint and colour lithography. London: Batsford, 1954 (1987), no. 236, p. 197-200
561 # # $a In the upper right-hand corner of the title-page is a faint remnant of an owner's signature, possibly W. G. H[arris.]
563 # # $a Quarter-bound binding in green leather with a red leather label on the spine lettered in gilt, 'Military Costume Of Europe'.
653 # # $a Military uniforms ; Pictorial works
700 1 # $a Booth, John $e publisher/bookseller
700 1 # $a Clowes, William $e printer
710 2 # $a T. Goddard (London) $e publisher/bookseller