George Philip Reinagle | Illustrations of the Battle of Navarin, London, 1828, subscriber's copy, marbled boards

Property from the Loverdos Collection

George Philip Reinagle

Illustrations of the Battle of Navarin. London: Colnaghi & Son, 1828

Folio (462 x 313mm.), lithographed wrapper title with signature of John White Esq (subscriber), 2-page Text of the Plates and 2-page List of Subscribers (including John White), lithographed plan and 12 plain plates, contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards, morocco label on upper cover, spotting (heavier on later plates), otherwise a very good copy

The destruction of the allied Turkish-Egyptian fleet at the Battle of Navarino effectively ended Ottoman resistance to Greek independence.

LITERATURE:

cf. Blackmer 1403 (Italian edition); Droulia 1531