Fine and scarce series of nicely hand-coloured lithographs of the English and French fleets who were engaged in hostilities against Russia in the Baltic during the Crimean War.
Description
First edition. Large folio (74.5 x 55.5 cm), lithograph calligraphic dedication, 1 leaf of descriptive text (no title-page issued with this work, title only to discarded wrappers),18 hand-coloured lithographs on 15 leaves by Dutton, Carrick, Needham, and Picken after Brierly, captions in English and French, modern red half calf gilt, morocco label to upper cover.
Provenance
Bibliography
Abbey (Life), 329.