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C1854
A Memoir of Field-Marshall the Duke of Wellington
Author:
John Marius Wilson (1805 - 1885)
Two volume account of Wellington by John Marius Wilson published by Fullarton & Co. London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, in original red cloth with gilt embossed image of Wellington on his horse. Large 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., [v]-xii, 644; 1 p.l., … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
A Memoir of Field-Marshall the Duke of Wellington
Date:
C1854
Author:
John Marius Wilson (1805 - 1885)
Condition:
Slight wear to corners and ends of spine, light spotting as often found, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Hard cover with red cloth and embossed gilt image of Wellington on his horse and gilt lettering on spine.
Paper Size:
182mm
x 257mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1854
Description:
Two volume account of Wellington by John Marius Wilson published by Fullarton & Co. London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, in original red cloth with gilt embossed image of Wellington on his horse. Large 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., [v]-xii, 644; 1 p.l., [v]-viii, 632. 2 additional engraved titles, illustrated with 27 engraved portraits and 24 partly hand coloured engraved maps & plans on 13 plates and 7 other engraved plates.
Author:
John Marius Wilson (c.1805–1885)
Wilson was a British writer and an editor born in Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire in about 1805, and was ordained as a Congregationalist minister, working for a time in County Galway in Ireland. From the late 1840s onwards he devoted himself to writing and editing, living in Edinburgh, where he died in 1885, aged 80.
