Welsh Scenery from Drawings

BATTY Captain of the Grenadier Guards 1788/9-1848

Published by R Jennings, London, 1825

VG, 1825, 35 pls. In brown contemporary cloth, corners and edges a little bumped and worn. Modern buckram spine, with original title in gilt to green leather label, laid down. Internally, half title, title, followed by 35 engravings by Batty, each with its own paper guard and leaf of descriptive text, not paginated, some light foxing, modern endpapers. (281*190 mm). Batty a Captain with the Grenadier Guards, become an ensign in the 1st (Grenadier) guards on 14 January 1813, Batty served with its 1st battalion towards the end of the Peninsular War, notably at the blockade of Bayonne, before embarking for England from Bordeaux on 23 July 1814. During the duke of Wellington's 1815 campaign in the Netherlands, he fought with the 3rd battalion at Quatre Bras on 16 June. Approaching Bossu Wood, from which the French could outflank the main British position at the nearby crossroads, the guards fixed bayonets and attacked. Thick trees dispersed the men and the enemy 'contested every bush . but [they] could not resist us', despite 'tremendous' losses inflicted by their cavalry, as the British emerged from cover (Brett-James, 56-7). See ODNB for a full Bio. Seller Inventory # 000592

Bibliographic Details

Title: Welsh Scenery from Drawings
Publisher: R Jennings, London
Publication Date: 1825
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Robert Batty
Condition: Very Good
Edition: Later