Perfect for The Original Artefact Collector of the Napoleonic Wars. A Superb Napoleonic Wars Issue 1807 Army List, in Contemporary Red Morocco, Showing All the Army & Royal Marines Current Serving Officers. Collated a Year After the Battle of Trafalgar

Printed and published in 1807. Beautifully bound in red Morocco leather with gilt tooling embellishment throughout, naturally aged and most beautiful. Also it is an essential piece of original history, perfect for officer research of all currently still serving Napoleonic Wars British Army and Royal Marines officer's during 1806 and the start of 1807. The 1807 Army List in contemporary red morocco showing the Army and Royal Marines just a year or so after the Battle of Trafalgar. In stunning original condition, it is also showing with a small pencil notation it was purchased by the previous owner around 30 years ago for £ 295. This can be removed if required.

A List of all the Officers of the Army and Marines on Full and Half-pay: with an Index: and a Succession of Colonels. printed by the War Office, February, 1807. 8vo.
848 pp. Superb contemporary full straight grain crimson morocco gilt with dark green title label, in gilt, ARMY LIST 1807, original boldly marbled end-papers, all edges gilt, an excellent and handsome copy in a very fine binding, with very minor wear at extremities, the gilding still bright, hinges sound and the the text block tight and little used, This edition shows the composition of the army during the Napoleonic Wars. The Marines List is very useful to those interested in the naval history of the period as it is printed just a year after Trafalgar. This type of fine crimson binding with gilt decoration was popular in the 18th and 19th centuries with senior military men, popularised by the libraries of George III and the Royal Dukes.
This volume shows the officers of the King’s Army and the Royal Marines as listed just months after Nelson’s great victory at Trafalgar. Comparing this list with the one for 1800 we note an increase in size of over 100 pages, reflecting the increasing size of the army during the Peninsula campaign against Napoleon’s forces. There are now 104 numbered infantry regiments compared with 92 in 1800.

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