[TYRRELL, HENRY]. The History of the War With Russia: Giving Full Details of the Operations of the Allied Armies. London and New York: The London Printing Company, [1855].
First edition. Three volumes in two; leather-bound; hardcover; quarto (28cm x 19cm); pp. [2], iii, [5], 384, 92; [4], 93-380; [4], 338, xxxix, [1]. English text in doubles columns. Illustrated by a series of steel engravings, comprising portraits of celebrated commanders; events of the war; battle scenes; views of celebrated places in the seat of war; maps, plans, etc. Handsomely bound in contemporary tree calf, smooth spines gilt; marbled page edges and endpapers; beautifully illustrated throughout with engraved plates and maps; printed footnotes; with a chronological table of events of the war and index. Condition: VERY GOOD. Bindings tight and secure, the joints and hinges intact. Covers largely well-preserved with slight rubbing to extremities. Some very light intermittent foxing. Six leaves in vol. II with a small worm tract in the margin. Previous owner name and date neatly inked to front endpapers.
Notes: First edition of this illustrated history of the Crimean War, the complete collection of three volumes bound in two. A comprehensive history of the Crimean War by Henry Tyrrell, nineteenth century historian known for his studies of Russian history. Each volume has full-page steel engravings of battle scenes and portraits of military leaders and royals which are very detailed with decorative and illustrated margins, the maps are mostly double-page, hand-coloured, with inset engravings. Each volume clean and tight with minimal foxing. Text presented in two columns per page and enclosed in double-line border. With an extensive chronological precis of the war and an index to the rear. Presented in stunning period tree calf bindings.
