THE SEAT OF THE WAR // IN THE EAST // BY // WILLIAM SIMPSON. Dedicated by Permission to Her Most Gracious Majesty // THE QUEEN. // FIRST SERIES. // LONDON 1855 // PUBLISHED BY PAUL & DOMINIC COLNAGHI & CO. // PUBLISHERS TO HER MAJESTY // 13 & 14 PALL MALL EAST.

Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co., c.1855. A fine example with plates clean and crisp and colours fresh. . Binding: Contemporary half-morocco with original cloth boards; embossed, gilt titles on upper board and spine; five raised bands with title on two and remaining five compartments in elaborate gilt design; matching marbled endpapers, all edges gilt., Notes: Our example contains both series. As Abbey states, both series were published in ten parts, each part containing four plates. … As a publisher’s announcement in December 1854 shows, Simpson had been ‘commissioned to proceed to Sebastopol’ immediately, by Colnaghi’s. This was the beginning of the enterprise which earned him the name ‘Crimean Simpson’. Abbey also reports that the plates are impressive, not only artistically and technically, but as an example of pictorial reporting. He also states that Simpson must in this way rank as an early war correspondent. (Abbey Travel 237). , Size: Folio (555mm x 370mm), Illustration: Illustrations complete with 81 full page lithographs beautifully hand-coloured; the plates include: Illustrated Title to series one with large vignette (unnumbered), 1. Disembarkation ..., 2. The Cavalry Affair ..., 3. Balaklava ..., 4. The Gale Off ..., 5. Sebastopol ..., 6. Charge ..., 7. Second Charge ..., 8. Lord Raglan's ..., 9. Distant View ..., 10. A Quiet Day ..., 11. The Field ..., 12. Sentinel ..., 13. Commissariat ..., 14. The Graves ..., 15. Charge ..., 16. Huts, 17. Camp ..., 18. The Camp ..., 19. Sebastopol from the ..., 20. Head ..., 21. Graves..., 22. Sebastopol ... Nicholas, 23. The Investiture ... , 24. The North Side ..., 25. The Camp ..., 26. The Ruins ..., 27. Highland ..., 28. The Railway ..., 29. The New Works ..., 30. A Christmas Dinner ..., 31. Sebastopol..., 32. View from..., 33. Excavated ..., 34. A Hot Day..., 35. A Hot Night..., 36. The Valley ..., 37. Russian Rifle..., 38. Prince..., 39. The Monastery ..., 40. The Light-House ...; Series two: 1. Illustrated title two with large vignette, 2. Fortress, 3. Kertch ..., 4. Straits ..., 5. Funeral..., 6. The Town..., 7. Burning..., 8. Interior..., 9. Camp..., 10. Cavalry..., 11. Camp of the Light ..., 12. Camp of the third..., 13. Sketch..., 14. Battle..., 15. Valley..., 16. Balaklava..., 17. Cape Aiya..., 18. The Valley..., 19. The Attack..., 20. The Interior..., 21. Church..., 22. Sebastopol..., 23. Embarkation..., 24. A Quiet Night..., 25. Ditch..., 26. Docks..., 27. Interior..., 28. Kamiesch., 29. Interior..., 30. Public..., 31. Quarantine..., 32. The Admirality..., 33. Hospital ..., 34. One of the ..., 35. Church..., 36. Sebastopol..., 37. Bastion du Mat..., 38. Redan ..., 39. Ditch..., 40. Mine... , Volume: Both series in one., References: Abbey Travel 237., Pages: L. Illustrated title, dedication plate, Description of the Plates, 80 plates. , Category: Book Military; Book Plate Books Colour;