EBEN, Adolphus Christian Frederick, Baron d’ (1771-1832) and Nicolaus HEIDELOFF (1761-1837)

Lot 84
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Lot 84 | EBEN, Adolphus Christian Frederick, Baron d’ (1771-1832) and Nicolaus HEIDELOFF (1761-1837)
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EBEN, Adolphus Christian Frederick, Baron d’ (1771-1832) and Nicolaus HEIDELOFF (1761-1837)

The Swedish Army. Modèles de l’Uniforme Militaire Adopté dans l’Armée Royale de Suède. London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1808.

Coloured aquatints of Swedish officers and soldiers against picturesque backgrounds of army camps, fortifications, and city views. Baron Eben, born of an ancient Prussian family in Silesia, entered the English service in 1800 and eventually served in the Prince of Wales’s 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons in 1806-1808. At the command of the Prince of Wales, he established a company of light horse, after the manner of the Hungarian hussars and composed of foreigners. The present work, dedicated to the Prince of Wales, consists of 29 pages of 'Remarks on the Organization and Present State of the Swedish Army' (with facing text in French), followed by vivid aquatints by Heideloff after original drawings by Eben. It was probably meant as a study to aid Eben's efforts to reorganize the English army. Bobins I, 319; Colas 927; Prideaux p.334; Tooley (2nd ed.), p.432.



Quarto (336 x 270mm). Two engraved dedication leaves in English and in French, half-title page, 24 coloured aquatints heightened with silver and gold, individual captions in ink, and one partly coloured aquatint plate at the end, titled ‘The Distinctive Marks of Rank. Les Marques distinctives des officiers.’, marbled paper end sheets (occasional very light smudging throughout, spotting to English dedication leaf affecting the work ‘Royal’ in the title, a light corner crease to plates 9 – 12). 20th century brown half calf over marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine and front board (rubbing to extremities).





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