Battle of Waterloo - Street literature about Napoleon's Wars

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	Street literature about Napoleon's Wars > Battle of Waterloo > Title page [74526858] Printer: Fraser, John, d. 1839 Probable date printed: 1815-1820 Date printed: 1816-1820 Probable date printed: 1816-1820
	Street literature about Napoleon's Wars > Battle of Waterloo > Page 2 [74526860] Printer: Fraser, John, d. 1839 Probable date printed: 1815-1820 Date printed: 1816-1820 Probable date printed: 1816-1820
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Battle of Waterloo

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https://digital.nls.uk/74458831

Description

The bonnet so blue, and love has eyes. Chapbook. Sold wholesale by J. Fraser & Co. printers, Stirling, ca.1816-1820.

Shelfmark

L.C.2877(3)

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Library catalogue record

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Form / genre:

Written and printed matter > Pamphlets
Written and printed matter > Title pages

Dates / events:

1816-1820 [Probable date printed]
Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 [Date/event in text]

Places:

Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Stirling > Stirling (inhabited place) [Place printed]

Subject / content:

Ballads
Battles
Chapbooks
Love

Person / organisation:

Fraser, John, d. 1839 [Bookseller]

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Street literature about Napoleon's Wars

Description

Collection of 78 Scottish chapbooks recounting events from the late 1790s to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Cheap print booklets mostly containing ballads about the military conflicts. Also give insights into contemporary views of Napoleon Bonaparte, Josephine de Beauharnais, Horatio Nelson and the Duke of Wellington.

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Form / genre:

Written and printed matter > Pamphlets

Dates / events:

1815-1820 [Probable date printed]
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 [Date/event depicted]

Places:

Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland (country) [Place published]

Subject / content:

Chapbooks
Heroes
Villains
Wars

Person / organisation:

Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814 [Former owner]
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 [Former owner]
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805 [Former owner]
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 [Former owner]

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