77 BAUMAN RARE BOOKS The rich treasure trove of extra illustrations were painstakingly assembled over many years by British bookseller and binder George Bayntun, and include engravings and lithographs from the first half of the 19th century, including many doublepage and folding plates, many hand-colored, including a number of plates from Luigi Mayer’s splendid Views in Egypt (1801-04), a lovely series of hand-colored folio lithographic views of that country from close to the time that Napoleon was campaigning there, and plates from William Bradford’s 1809 Sketches of the Country, Character, And Costume, in Portugal And Spain, another excellent series of hand-colored folio lithographic views of that region contemporary with the Peninsular War. Tipped into Volume I is an autograph document signed from General Carcome to the Duc de Bassano, Paris, October 28, 1810, on one folio page: “General Carcome requests an allowance of 10 or 12,000 francs to be returned two months after his entry into Portugal.” Napoleon has endorsed and signed the letter: “Accordé 12,000 livres à la guerre en gratification. Nap.” A sumptuously bound and extra-illustrated set in fine condition.
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