CAVALRY SWORD EXERCISES
Rules and regulations for the sword exercise of the cavalry.
War Office, printed; and sold by T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall1796
By His Majesty’s Command. Adjutant General’s Office, 1st December, 1796. Rules and regulations for the sword exercise of the cavalry. War Office, printed; and sold by T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall 1796. xii,90p.,29 folding plates as called for .Octavo With a half title, conforming to ESTC System No.006006355 ,ESTC Citation . A variant imprint , possibly the second printing of the work. Bound in recent quarter calf with marbled boards, new endpapers. Internally complete, and in Very Good plus condition, some intermittent foxing but nothing fatal; plates all present and in clean crisp condition, some light offsetting in places. A disturbing work in some ways, especially with the plate showing sword cuts to the face of the opponent.
condition: Very Good +
binding: Quarter Leather with Marbling
£495.00
(equal to approx. US$782.42* or €615.60* for 18 May 2012)