Military instructions for officers detached in the field : containing, a scheme for forming a corps of a partisan. Illustrated with plans of the manoeuvres necessary in carrying on the petite guerre

Military instructions for officers detached in the field : containing, a scheme for forming a corps of a partisan. Illustrated with plans of the manoeuvres necessary in carrying on the petite guerre

Philadelphia Printed and sold by R. Aitken, printer and bookseller ..., 1775

[8], vii, [1], 232, [4] p., [12] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill. ; 16 cm.

355.55 S848 1775

(OCoLC)01830358

Written by a British officer for British troops & edited by an American, Hugh Henry Ferguson who was a loyalist during the war.
The first book to bear a dedication to George Washington.
Library has 3 copies: C. 1 (81.1.742); c. 2 (L1995G36); c. 3 (88.190)
Copy 2: Bookplate: John Camp Williams; on front free endpaper: Isral Carl book. Bought at John Bell Deceas'd ... December, 1788; John C. Williams, Morristown, N.J. Dec. 1903; Bartlett Cormack, Beverly Hills, California, August 1940 ...; on t.p.: John Bell book, 1780; c. 3: ms. inscription on title: Jabez Bowen.
Digitized image available [c. 3 title and dedication page, with select plates].

Howes, W. U.S.iana (2nd ed.) S981
Riling. American military imprints, R116
Evans 14475
Sabin 91607

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