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RASPE, Gabriel Nicolas (1712 1785), editor

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13.07.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 76 | RASPE, Gabriel Nicolas (1712 1785), editor
RASPE, Gabriel Nicolas (1712 1785), editor

Recueil de toutes les troupes qui forment les armees francoises dessines et illumines d'apres nature. Nuremberg: Gabriel Nicolas Raspe, 1761.

A fine set of the plates of the 'Maison du Roi' finely hand-coloured and highlighted in gold and silver, with important royal military provenance. The first thirteen plates, reduced copies of the plates by Eisen, illustrate the costumes of the companies of Guards, including the Musketeers. The remaining plates each represent a soldier and an officer from each regiment, giving the name of the colonel or 'mestre-de-camp', the number of battalions, the number of men, the date of its creation and how the regiment was ranked. The contemporary colouring is very fresh and fine; especially rare when highlighted in gold and silver. This copy is from the library of Ludwig, Graf von Wallmoden, who was the [illegitimate] grandson of George II. Wallmoden served in the Hanoverian Leibgarde-Regiment, before he transferred to the Prussian army in 1790, serving in the revolutionary wars against France, and winning the Prussian Order Pour le Mérite in 1794. In 1795 Wallmoden entered the service of the Austrian army, and further distinguished himself at the Battle of Wagram and subsequent actions in a long career, which culminated in his appointment as deputy to Field Marshall Joseph Graf Radetzky in 1848. Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of Cambridge, the seventh son of George III (and therefore a grandson of George II), was educated at Göttingen and studied military tactics at the Prussian court in Berlin, before joining the Hanoverian army as a Colonel in 1793, serving as colonel and then major-general in Wallmoden's corps in the campaign of 1794-1795, and he remained with the Hanoverian army until 1803, when he transferred to the British army. Following Hanover's recovery of its independence in 1813, the Duke of Cambridge became Governor General, and then Viceroy in 1816, a position which he held until 1837. Bobins III, 1156; Cohen de Ricci 862 (214 plates only); Colas 2509; Lipperheide Qk 9.



Quarto (205 x 140mm). Engraved title with elaborate baroque border, engraved plates of military uniforms all in contemporary hand-colour, plates numbered 1-220 comprising a total of 222 plates with nos. 197 and 198 having bis plates, heightened in gold and silver, descriptive notes engraved at foot of each plate, 2 leaves of letterpress index (plates 82-83, 89-90, 93-94, 130-131, inverted, but complete, light stains on page 98-100, rare marginal soiling). Contemporary mottled calf, spine with raised bands richly gilt in compartments, tan morocco title label (slightly rubbed, spine a little crackled, corners worn). Provenance: Prince Adolphus Frederick 1st Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850, crowned inkstamp on title, Lugt 118; possibly a gift to:) — Ludwig Georg Thedel, Graf Von Wallmoden (1769-1862, engraved armorial bookplate).





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Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
Category:Printed book
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