British Army, Returns of H.M. Forces, 1807, manuscript, red morocco gilt

BRITISH ARMY

Returns of His Majesty's Forces at 1 August 1807

partially printed list detailing British military forces stationed in Britain and around the world, including the Caribbean, India, and Australia, with the names of regiments, numbers of officers, non-commissioned officers, and "Rank & File" present and on the sick list, with a total of 238,978 regular forces and 91,586 militia, with index, 87 pages, plus blanks, 8vo, red straight-grained morocco with gilt border, spine gilt, edges gilt

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Heraldic bookplate incorporating a ducal coronet and Bentinck family crest (pencil note "From the Duke of Portland's Library with bookplate")