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The compleat soldier, or expert artillery-man, 1681, contemporary sheep

Auction Closed

November 19, 05:30 PM GMT

Estimate

600 - 900 GBP

Lot Details

Description

COMPLEAT SOLDIER

The compleat soldier, or expert artillery-man. London: A.G. and J.P. for Thomas Sawbridge, 1681


FIRST EDITION, 8vo (144 x 90mm.), typographic diagrams, contemporary sheep, binding rubbed


LITERATURE:

ESTC R228408 (5 copies); Wing C5653A


PROVENANCE:

William Hunt, inscription on title dated 1715 recording the gift from Sir Walter Grubbe in 1715 (plausibly Walter Grubbe MP, of Potterne, Wiltshire, died 1715); Thomas Francis Fremantle, bookplate