Simes, The regulator, 1780; The portable military library, 4 vol., 1782; Military medley, 1768; Military guide, n.d.

SIMES, THOMAS

Four works in seven volumes by Simes, 8vo, comprising:

i. The regulator: or instructions to form the officer, and complete the soldier. London: printed by W. Richardson, 1780, last 8pp. blank apart from the word "appendix", contemporary red morocco gilt, [ESTC T101570], binding slightly rubbed

ii. A portable military library. London: printed for the author, 1782, 4 vol., 19 engraved plates and plans, all with some hand-colour, most folding, subscribers' list in vol.3, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt with coloured labels, [ESTC N20874], some plates offset or browned

iii. The military guide for young officers. [London]: sold by J. Millan, [1772?], engraved portrait, 18 plates, plans and maps, some folding, one additional duplicate plate (no.3/4), 10pp. subscribers' list, folding table at p.300, contemporary calf, purchased from Pickering & Chatto, 6 March 1900, 9s, [ESTC T101345 (but here with the prelims found in T101344)]

iv. The military medley... the second edition. London, 1768, 2 parts, engraved frontispiece to part 2, 10 folding engraved plates, most with some hand-colour, subscribers' list, 2 printed folding tables (at p.64 and 288), contemporary calf, [ESTC T101236], U1 printed askew, some soiling and spotting, binding worn