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Z[eller], Major C[harles] V[an] (1811-1837)

Lot 111
13.07.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 111 | Z[eller], Major C[harles] V[an] (1811-1837)
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£ 2 000 – 3 000
Z[eller], Major C[harles] V[an] (1811-1837)

Civil War in Spain. Characteristic Sketches of the Different Troops, regular and irregular, native and foreign composing the armies of Don Carlos and Queen Isabella. [London]: J. Dickinson, 1837.

Exceptionally rare, and a fine copy, in original wrappers as issued, finely hand-coloured. Van Zeller was a British-Portuguese soldier who served in the British foreign legion during in the war in Portugal under Dom Pedro I of Brazil and IV of Portugal, and later in Spain with the British legion under Don Carlos. The author, in his printed address to the public, states: 'Having for a considerable period of time been attached to the staff of the Spanish army, I amused myself during my leisure hours, in sketching the variety of costumes and military scenes which I have frequently witnessed ... they may serve as illustrations to the many works written on the Spanish War and contribute to give an idea of what is actually occurring in Spain'. They provide a fascinating insight into the first Carlist civil war in Spain, depicting various elements of the Carlist army, the royalist forces serving Don Carlos in his war against the ‘Liberales’ government, including the British Legion in Spain. The cover states that there will be a further 5 or 6 sets printed, 'each containing six coloured sketches'; but of the four copies we have been able to trace worldwide – National Art Library (V&A, UK), two in Spain at the Universidad Complutense, Madrid, and Museo Zumalakerregi, Ormaiztegi, and Brown University RI, USA – only the latter two have a second part. No copies found at auction (RBH). Bobins III, 1136. Not listed in any other bibliographies. Intriguingly, it is possible that a German translation was issued by Baumgärtner of Leipzig in the same year, since Leipzig and Basel both hold records for this title: Der Bürgerkrieg in Spanien, Characteristische Skizzen der verschiedenen regelmässigen und unregelmässigen Truppen-Gattungen, aus welchen die Armee des Don Carlos und der Königin Isabelle bestehen: nebst bildlichen Darstellungen : von einem beim Stab der Königin dienenden englischen Offizier.



Volume 1 (only, of ?2), oblong folio (292 x 393mm). 1 letterpress text page and 6 hand-coloured lithographic plates by John West Giles and W[illiam] R[obert] D[ickinson] after Charles Van Zeller (occasional faint marginal marks, tiny holes in left hand margin where originally stab bound, remains of binding thread in one leaf). Original wrappers with title printed on upper cover within woodcut border (fractionally soiled); contained in a new card folder with printed label.





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Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
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