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ATLAS TO ALISON’S HISTORY OF EUROPE...
ATLAS TO ALISON’S HISTORY OF EUROPE...
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ATLAS TO ALISON’S HISTORY OF EUROPE Constructed and Arranged, under the Direction of Sir Archibald Alison by Alex. Keith Johnston… With a Concise Vocabulary of Military and Marine Terms. Edin: William Blackwood and Sons, Oblong 4to. [title leaf], [Advertisement leaf], [5]-16pp, lacking Index leaf (if issued with the 1855 edition). Modern ¼ brown morocco and marbled board, gilt-decorated spine with red and dark green labels. Edges and endpapers marbled. Light edgewear (more noticeable at corners). Endpapers foxed (minor effects on margin of last 2 maps). Map 28 is toned (suggesting that it was supplied by another copy). Bdg and maps very good. 109 plates (108 maps + frontis). Considerable attention is shown to the Napoleonic Wars, with some coverage of the War of 1812. Highlights include the Battle of Dresden (Map 84), Battle of Paris (M. 102), “Map of Part of North America to Illustrate the Naval and Military Events of 1812_13_14” (Map 103), Battle of Ligny (104), and Waterloo (106).
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ATLAS TO ALISON’S HISTORY OF EUROPE...

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