Four pages from "Loyal Volunteers of London & Environs, Infantry & Cavalry, in their respective Uniforms", hand-coloured etchings with gold accents. To include #41 Lambeth Volunteer, #39 Cordwainers Ward Volunteer, #34 Cheapward Volunteer, and #33 Guildhall light Infantry Volunteer. The Volunteer Corps were established as a direct response to the perceived imminent danger of invasion by Napoléon's forces. A volunteer from each London Regiment is placed by Rowlandson in a particular drill position, with an etched description below. Arguably the greatest of all military costume books, no mere record of uniforms but an important social document in its own right that should be viewed in the context it was published - a time of great national peril with Britain under threat of invasion from France. Each 10 1/2" x 8 1/2". In very good condition, with very minor staining to some.