AN ACCOUNT OF SOME OF THE MOST REMARKABLE EVENTS OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE PRUSSIANS, AUSTRIANS, AND RUSSIANS, FROM 1756 TO 1763 AND A TREATISE ON SEVERAL BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY ART, WITH PLANS AND MAPS. Volume 1
by Tielke, J. G. & Craufurd, C. (translator)
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- Condition
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London: J. Walter, 1787. 288 pages in very good condition. VOLUME 1 ONLY. "Contents: A Description of the Affair of Maxen, with Remarks on the Position; and a Treatise on the Attack and Defence of Unfortified Heights, on the Profiles of Positions, and the Placing Batteries in Hilly Situations, with Plans." Pages are clean and unmarked with foldout charts and maps at the back of the book. Some light foxing on the extreme pages. Marbled endpapers. Previous owner's signature and bookplate on the fpdep. Marbled page edges, lightly darkened on the head edges. Half-bound in brown leather and marbled paper with gilt titles on the spine. 5 raised bands on the spine. Worn around the edges with a large chip on the head of the spine. Paper on upper board is peeling and heavily chipped. Scuffed and darkened on the spine. 1ST UK EDITION. SCARCE. VG+. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+.
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- Title
- AN ACCOUNT OF SOME OF THE MOST REMARKABLE EVENTS OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE PRUSSIANS, AUSTRIANS, AND RUSSIANS, FROM 1756 TO 1763 AND A TREATISE ON SEVERAL BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY ART, WITH PLANS AND MAPS. Volume 1
- Author
- Tielke, J. G. & Craufurd, C. (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- 1st UK Edition
- Publisher
- J. Walter
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1787
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
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