Historical information
The life story of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, 1769 – 1852, a leading military and political figure of 19th-century Britain. He defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Significance
Good example of embossed book cover
Physical description
384 p. + advertisements, frontis. Gold and black embossed design on light brown cover
Inscriptions & markings
Wm. Chapple, Ballarat 1884 on fly leaf, bookseller's stamp "F. & A. Symons"