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Description
YUNG (Th.)
Paris, Henri Plon, [c. 1860].
Album of twenty battles of the Revolution and the Empire.
Small oblong folio album (29.7 x 43 cm), dark brown percaline cardboard binding, embossed decoration on the covers, title and imperial eagle gilded on the top cover, plain spine (publisher’s binding).
A fine album of 20 plates by Th. Yung, engraved on steel by Rouargue, Lalaisse and Durond, and hand-coloured in watercolour.
2 leaves of handwritten notes in English on the Battle of La Coruña.
Spine damaged with losses; split joints. A few foxing spots on the text leaves.
Provenance
Major A. J. R. Van Cortlandt (stamp on the first endpaper).
See original version (French)
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About the sale
Books, Manuscripts & Antique Engravings, including the José Luis Dotti Library
Auction location
Auction time
09/23/2026 at 2:30 PM
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