B18555

Shelfmark

Bk.5.02

Author

Porter, Robert Ker, Sir,

Title

A narrative of the campaign in Russia, during the year 1812. By Sir Robert Ker Porter.

Publication, distribution, etc.

London :, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row,, [1813].

Physical description

xii, 282p :, ill. (plans) ;, 4to.

Note

The portrait in frontispiece, engraved by James Hopwood the Elder (1752?-1819), shows the Prince Kutuzov. The two plans represent the advance of the French army to Moscow and its retreat, showing north west Russia including St. Petersburg and Smolensk. They were engraved by Samuel John Neele (1758-1824), father of the English poet Henry Neele, and are heightened with watercolour blue, green and brown.

Provenance

Given to Eton by Nicholas Kessler in 2007.

Provenance

Stamp of Tsarskoe Selo Library.

Binding

19th-century red straight-grained morocco; covers decorated in gold and blind; spine in six compartments; gold lettered on spine; double raised bands; green silk endleaves.

Subject

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Campaigns, Russia.

Subject

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Campaigns, Germany.

Subject

Manama (Place), History, Capitulation, 1914.

Added entry--name

Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown

Added entry--name

Tsarskoe Selo library

Added entry--place

England, London.

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24512$aA narrative of the campaign in Russia, during the year 1812. By Sir Robert Ker Porter.

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300##$axii, 282p :$bill. (plans) ;$c4to.

500##$aThe portrait in frontispiece, engraved by James Hopwood the Elder (1752?-1819), shows the Prince Kutuzov. The two plans represent the advance of the French army to Moscow and its retreat, showing north west Russia including St. Petersburg and Smolensk. They were engraved by Samuel John Neele (1758-1824), father of the English poet Henry Neele, and are heightened with watercolour blue, green and brown.

561##$aGiven to Eton by Nicholas Kessler in 2007.

561##$aStamp of Tsarskoe Selo Library.

563##$a19th-century red straight-grained morocco; covers decorated in gold and blind; spine in six compartments; gold lettered on spine; double raised bands; green silk endleaves.

650#0$aNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815$xCampaigns$zRussia.

650#0$aNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815$xCampaigns$zGermany.

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7102#$aLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown

7102#$aTsarskoe Selo library

752##$aEngland$dLondon.