Captain James Edward Alexander - Travels to the Seat of War in the East, Through Russia and the Crimea, in 1829.

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Captain Alexander's first hand account of the Russo-Turkish war of 1829, with fantastic hand coloured plates and smartly bound in modern crushed morocco. The first edition.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and nine plates, including one coloured aquatint to 'Vol I&apos. Collated, complete, with loss to plate facing pp.164. A monochrome folding map frontispiece and ten plates, including one hand coloured aquatint to 'Vol II&apos. Collated, lacking one hand coloured plate depicting the Turkish Troops. A two volume, complete set.A first hand account of the 1826 war between Persia and Russia by James Edward Alexander, a British Army soldier. Alexander was the aide-de-camp to the British Envoy, being present at both the war in 1826 and 1829, gaining first hand insight into the events and battles. Bound in modern crushed half morocco with cloth to the boards. Endpapers renewed. Bound in modern crushed half morocco with cloth to the boards. Endpapers renewed. Externally excellent with only the odd very minimal mark and a slight lean. Internally lacking one plate, otherwise firmly bound with generally bright roughly cut pages with the odd spot, heavier to the front and rear, and the odd tidemark, heaviest to the frontispiece of 'Vol I&apos. Loss to the plate facing pp. 164. The odd owner's signature. Very Good . Ill.: None stated. Very Good .

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