A short essay on the modes of defence best adapted to the situation and circumstances of this island : with an examination of the schemes that have been formed for the purpose of fortifying the principal dockyards on very extensive plans, which are ready to be carried into execution by his Grace the Duke of Richmond, now master-general of ordnance ...

A short essay on the modes of defence best adapted to the situation and circumstances of this island : with an examination of the schemes that have been formed for the purpose of fortifying the principal dockyards on very extensive plans, which are ready to be carried into execution by his Grace the Duke of Richmond, now master-general of ordnance ...

London Printed for G. & T. Wilkie ... 1785

[2], 91, [1] p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)

941.073 G558sho, 1785

(OCoLC)26271076

Title (contd.): addressed to the public at large, but particularly to the House of Commons, and the independent country gentlemen of Great- Britain
Proposals for protecting naval arsenals and coastal areas of Britain, written in response to Richmond's essay with which it is bound.
Final page blank.
Signatures:[A]1 B-L p4 s*M p4 sN p2 s.
By James Glenie (cf. Halkett & Laing).
Bound with: An answer to "A short essay on the modes of defence best adapted to the situation and circumstances of this island" / [by Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond]. London : Printed and sold by J. Almon ..., 1785 ; and A reply to The answer to A short essay on the modes of defence ... / [by James Glenie]. London : Printed for G. & T. Wilkie ..., 1785.

Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.) V. 5, p. 254

92.1.278

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