Plan of the Battle of Waterloo by Sergt.Major Edward Cotton, formerly of the 7th Regt.Hussars at Waterloo. Green linen hardbound covers with gold embossed 'E.Cotton - Plan of the Battle of Waterloo'. Inside with outline map of the Waterloo Campaign, and then full colour fold out plan of the Battle of Waterloo. Dedication pencilled to inside, 'Bought on the Field of Waterloo - Sept.16th (18) 58, from the niece of Sergeant Cotton of the 7th Hussars'.

Condition report: Showing light wear to the covers. Well thumbed (remember this was principally a guide map, purchased in Cotton's museum, and carried around the battlefield).

Size: 16cm x 11cm - 280 pages various plates.

Additional notes: Cotton's Waterloo Museum achieved great fame, and anyone visiting the Waterloo battlefield in the 19th century, would not only visit the museum, but would probably pay to have Cotton take them on a tour of the battlefield himself. After his death, the museum was largely broken up. Today, much of the Cotton collection resides within the National Army Museum, London, but just occasionally the odd Waterloo related artifact, with Cotton provenance, will hit the market, causing some excitement. Rare to find these plans of the Battle of Waterloo.