Rare atlas detailing the Waterloo Campaign

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[Anaglyptographic atlas of the Waterloo Campaign].

SIBORNE, William
[London,
1844].
Oblong folio (430 by 560mm), 11 engraved maps, modern half calf over red cloth boards, black morocco label to upper cover lettered in gilt, label to spine.
1873

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An untitled atlas containing eleven numbered maps of part of Belgium, France, and timed maps of the field of Quatre-Bas, the field of Ligny, the field of Waterloo and the field of Wavre. The atlas was published to accompany William Siborne's 'History of the War with France and Belgium in 1815'.

Early editions of the atlas included anaglyptographic maps engraved by Alfred Robert Freebairn. Anaglyptography results in a three-dimensional raised effect. However, alth...

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Wallis, Helen, and Robinson, Arthur, Cartographical Innovations, London, 1987, p.287.

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