
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