[COLOR PLATE BOOK]. NICHOLSON, William. The History of the Wars Occasioned by the French Revolution. London: Richard Evans, 1816. Folio. Illustrated with hand-colored frontispiece and 21 plates, inserted throughout. viii, [1]-[584] pp. Bound in contemporary full diced calf, boards ruled in gilt, spine lettered and tooled in gilt in compartments, five raised bands. Front board detached (split occurs between pp. 4 and 5), corners restored at a later time, later pastedowns, some toning, occasional foxing to text and plates. Fair. Color on plates is generally vibrant. FIRST EDITION.