A Treatise on the Duty of Infantry Officers

Reide (Thomas)

A Treatise on the Duty of Infantry Officers

and the present system of British military discipline. With an appendix.

Description: FIRST EDITION, Chapter V in tabular form, piece excised from head of title, not affecting text, pp. viii, 239, [1, ads], small 8vo, modern calf backed boards, good

Publication Details: Printed for T. Egerton, [1795]

Notes: 'The discipline of the British army is now entirely modelled on that of the Prussian, as established by Frederick the Great'. At least two variants of this edition are recorded in ESTC, and the present copy is another. In one variant the author's name is not given, in another the work is 'sold by J. Walter, At Charing Cross, and T. Egerton.' Both these variants have the date. There seems to be another variant without the author's name. Here we have the author's name but no date (the dedication is dated 7th March 1795, and the very last article has a footnote referring to the Gazette of 7th Apr...more

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Subject: History

Published Date: [1795]

Stock Number: 49764

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