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1. [Collection of Napoleonic War broadsides].
- Published / Created:
- 1803.
- Call Number:
- Folio 63 803 C697
- Image Count:
- 38
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- A bound volume of 32 Napoleonic broadsides, all good impressions, suggesting they were ordered directly from a publisher, possibly from James Asperne who is well represented in the collection and who perhaps made a trade in offering collections of the broadsides to contemporary collectors. Also well presented are broadsides by John Ginger
- Alternative Title:
- Patriotic handbills
- Description:
- In English., Title from dealer's description., Bound in 19th-century calf and marbled boards, spine ruled in gilt, red morocco label with "Patriotic Handbills" and green morocco label with the number "II"; a sheet of writing paper bound in before the broadsides has a watermark "G. Langley 1856". With a manuscript note on the blank verso of the final broadside that states "Patriotic Handbills Packet II / I have duplicates of each bill.", With two copies of: Plain answers to plain questions, in a dialogue between John Bull and Bonaparte., With two copies of: Britons triumph, or, Bonaparte's knell., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- multiple publishers
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
- Subject (Topic):
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805, and History
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Collection of Napoleonic War broadsides].