British Army, Establishment Book, manuscript, 1765, contemporary red morocco gilt

BRITISH ARMY

Establishments of His Majesty's Land Forces 1765

manuscript in English, listing forces in Britain and overseas including infantry, cavalry, general staff, garrisons in Gibraltar, Minorca, North America, and the West Indies, noting daily and annual salaries and other expenses, with index, 35 numbered pages with a slip of paper attached to p.11, 8vo, contemporary red morocco with gilt border, gilt edges, spine gilt in compartments, binding lightly worn and stained, splitting at rear joint 

PROVENANCE:

"H. Leece | War Office | 1 Dec[embe]r 1777", ownership inscription on front free endpaper