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WALSH, E.
A narrative of the expedition to Holland, in the autumn of the year 1799. Illustrated with a map of North Holland, and seven views of the principle places occupied by the british forces.
London, G.G. and J. Robinson (printed by S. Hamilton), 1800. Quarto (ca.28,9x22,8cm). ii,164 pp. Later red half morocco, top edge gilt. (edges, corners ever so slightly worn; a few pages and plates lightly foxed; a nice copy with ample margins)
¶ With frontispiece (double-page map of North-Holland, including West-Frisia [inset: map of Alkmaar], by Samuel John Neele after Walsh), and 7 plates (views of Den Helder, Oude Sluis, Schagen, Bergen, Alkmaar, Egmond aan Zee, and Egmond a/d Hoef: Charles [?] Heath after E. Walsh)
¶ Provenance: From the library of collector A.M. van den Broek (small stamp on flyleaf); a short bibliographical note by the same tipped in.
¶ DISASTER ON THE DUTCH COAST. From August to November 1799 an expedition force of 40.000 English and Russians tried to occupy the northern part of Holland, and eventually Amsterdam. This ended in disaster. Stiff resistance of the Dutch 'Batavian', and French armies led to defeat at the cost of ca 14.000 dead, wounded and prisoners. An at times very detailed eye witness account of the 'disastrous attempt to re-instate the Stadtholder in his possessions'; written by Edward Walsh (1756-1832), assistant-surgeon in the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot. The last third of the book contains official accounts from the London Gazette. A contemporary review evaluates the prints as follows: "Our view of the campaign is much assisted by a very clear and well-engraved map of North Holland, and the eye is amused by seven pleasing views of towns and villages, the greater part engraved by Heath; in which however the designer seems to have exhibited our good allies the Russians with the pencil of caricatura." (British Critic, Volume 20 (1802), pp.146-50).
Item no: 143654
€ 2400.00
London, G.G. and J. Robinson (printed by S. Hamilton), 1800. Quarto (ca.28,9x22,8cm). ii,164 pp. Later red half morocco, top edge gilt. (edges, corners ever so slightly worn; a few pages and plates lightly foxed; a nice copy with ample margins)
¶ With frontispiece (double-page map of North-Holland, including West-Frisia [inset: map of Alkmaar], by Samuel John Neele after Walsh), and 7 plates (views of Den Helder, Oude Sluis, Schagen, Bergen, Alkmaar, Egmond aan Zee, and Egmond a/d Hoef: Charles [?] Heath after E. Walsh)
¶ Provenance: From the library of collector A.M. van den Broek (small stamp on flyleaf); a short bibliographical note by the same tipped in.
¶ DISASTER ON THE DUTCH COAST. From August to November 1799 an expedition force of 40.000 English and Russians tried to occupy the northern part of Holland, and eventually Amsterdam. This ended in disaster. Stiff resistance of the Dutch 'Batavian', and French armies led to defeat at the cost of ca 14.000 dead, wounded and prisoners. An at times very detailed eye witness account of the 'disastrous attempt to re-instate the Stadtholder in his possessions'; written by Edward Walsh (1756-1832), assistant-surgeon in the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot. The last third of the book contains official accounts from the London Gazette. A contemporary review evaluates the prints as follows: "Our view of the campaign is much assisted by a very clear and well-engraved map of North Holland, and the eye is amused by seven pleasing views of towns and villages, the greater part engraved by Heath; in which however the designer seems to have exhibited our good allies the Russians with the pencil of caricatura." (British Critic, Volume 20 (1802), pp.146-50).
Item no: 143654
€ 2400.00
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