Lot 18
  • 18

Army Lists.

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • A List of the General and Field-Officers, As they rank in the Army ... complete for 1772 [1773, 1774, 1775, 1776, and 1777]. London: J. Millan, [1772-77]
  • ink on paper
6 volumes, 8vo, five volumes in red morocco with non-uniform gilt borders and spines gilt in six compartments with green morocco lettering pieces, one volume in speckled calf gilt with spine gilt in seven compartments with red morocco lettering piece, gilt edges, one volume splitting at joints, boards scuffed and with some staining; A List of Officers of the Militia of the United Kingdom the tenth edition [eleventh edition], London: C. Rowarth, 1804-05, two volumes, 8vo, red straight-grained morocco with gilt borders and spines gilt, gilt edges; Rolt, John. On moral command. Second edition. London: William Clowes, 1836, 8vo, red morocco gilt, gilt arms of House of Hannover on upper cover, edges gilt; with 10 other volumes in English on military subjects, together 19 volumes

Provenance

[Army Lists.] King Ernest Augustus, armorial bookplates as Duke of Cumberland
[Rolt.] King Ernest Augustus of Hanover, library stamp

Condition

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Catalogue Note

An authentic narrative of the proceedings of the expedition... with an account of the operations against Buenos Ayres. London, 1808, 8vo, engraved plates, half calf, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover (bookplate as Duke of Cumberland)
Brackenbury, H. The last campaign of Hanover. [London, 1870], 8vo, 2 folding maps, paper wrappers, offprint from Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, vol. xiv
Müller, William. Topographical and military description of Germany and the surrounding Country. Second edition. London: for the author, 1813, 12mo, folding engraved map, tree calf gilt, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover (library stamp "Ex Bibliotheca Ernesti Aug. Hannov. Regis")
The Officer's manual in the field; or, a series of military plans, representing the principal operations of a campaign. London: T. Bensley, 1798, 8vo, engraved plates, tree calf, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover (library stamp "E.D.C")
Packe, Edmund. An historical record of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, or Oxford Blues. London: W. Clowes, 1834, 8vo, coloured plates, navy morocco gilt, gilt edges, library stamp and bookplate of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover
Petrie, Martin and Henry James. Organization composition and strength of the Army of Great Britain. London: HMSO, 1868, 12mo, cloth gilt
Scenes and sketches of a soldier's life in Ireland. Edinburgh: William Tait, 1826, 8vo, cloth, arms blind stamped on upper cover
Sibourne, W. History of the war in France and Belgium, in 1815, containing minute details of... Waterloo. London: Boone, 1845, 2 volumes, 8vo, red cloth gilt, stamp of Georg V of Hanover, as Crown Prince
Warnery, Charles de. Remarks on cavalry. London: for the translator, 1798, 4to, printed on blue paper, engraved plates, speckled calf gilt, green morocco lettering-piece, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover (bookplate as Duke of Cumberland)

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