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SMITH, Charles Hamilton.

Costume of the army of the British Empire, according to the last regulations, 1814. Designed by an officer on the staff.


Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for Colnaghi and Co., London. 1815. Folio (24 x 35.5 cm), hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, title-page, engraved dedication-page, 60 hand-coloured aquatint plates by I.C. Stadler after drawings by Smith. Bound in crimson crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine in six compartments, gilt linear tooling to covers and spine, all edges gilt.

A fascinating survey of the military uniforms of the Army of the British Empire at the beginning of the nineteenth-century. 54 of the plates depict an individual soldier often in a military pose and the remaining six plates are of facings. Tooley 456; Colas 2754

Price: £ 6500
US Dollar Price: $ 9770
Stock Number: 66181
Image of SMITH, Charles Hamilton. Costume of the army of the British Empire, according to the last regulations, 1814. Designed by an officer on the staff.

Image of SMITH, Charles Hamilton. Costume of the army of the British Empire, according to the last regulations, 1814. Designed by an officer on the staff.

Image of SMITH, Charles Hamilton. Costume of the army of the British Empire, according to the last regulations, 1814. Designed by an officer on the staff.

Image of SMITH, Charles Hamilton. Costume of the army of the British Empire, according to the last regulations, 1814. Designed by an officer on the staff.