Online auction - Lot 193

[Militaria - Satire]

The military adventures of Johnny Newcome, with an account of his campaign on the Peninsula, and in Pall Mall: with sketches, by Rowlandson, and notes. By an officer. Second edition.

London, printed for P. Martin, 1816


Starting bid: € 70

€ 150 / 250

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Lot description

8vo: [2]-188 pp.; 15 pl. (title repaired with tape, some spotting, staining and browning).

Contemp. half sheep, marbled paper on covers, flat spine (corners rubbed and bumped, spine rubbed, def. at head and tail).

Second ed. of this satirical poem on the Peninsular War, ascribed to Colonel David Roberts. Ill. with 15 hand-coloured aquatint plates.
Ref. Tooley 418.

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Lot 193

The military adventures of Johnny Newcome, with an account of his campaign on the Peninsula, and in Pall Mall: with sketches, by Rowlandson, and notes. By an officer. Second edition.

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