Scotland, 5 works in 3 volumes, 1686-1728

SCOTLAND

A collection of five military works in three volumes, 8vo, comprising:

i. The exercise of the foot with the evolutions... Likewise, the exercise of the dragoons both on horse-back and foot... With the rules of war... Ordered by Sir Thomas Livingston, Major General, and commander in chief of Their Majesties forces in Scotland. Edinburgh: John Reid, 1693, 3 parts in one, with blank H8, [ESTC R232864 (6 copies)], occasional slight cropping at foot, bound with:

ii. The exercise of foot in what relates to the firelock and bayonet... recommended, at this juncture, to all who are honest hearted Scots-men. [no place]: "printed anno 1705", 8, 56pp. (A-H⁴), prelims interleaved with blanks, contemporary signature on title "Thomas Crawford is owner of the book", [not traced in ESTC], with Captain Dempster signature, bookplates of James Maidment, J. Dawson Brodie and Thomas Francis Fremantle, nineteenth-century calf gilt, g.e.

iii. An abridgment of military discipline, for the use of His Majesties forces in the kingdom of Scotland. Edinburgh: Andrew Anderson, 1686, [ESTC R170013 (2 copies)], bound with:

iv. Rules and articles of war, for the better government of His Majesties army in the Kingdom of Scotland. Edinburgh: Andrew Anderson, 1686, [ESTC R182874 (2 copies)], contemporary calf, some soiling, binding rubbed

v. McBane, Donald. The expert sword-man's companion. Glasgow: James Duncan, 1728, eighteenth-century calf, [ESTC T184394], soiled, lacks all plates

A collection of rare works.