Military. Gunpowder: An Abridgment and Abstract of the Laws ...

Hammer

£60

Military. Gunpowder: An Abridgment and Abstract of the Laws Relating to the Ordnance, first edition, London: Printed by J. Tonson in the Strand, 1725, half-title, black-ruled title-page, [iv], 101, [7]pp (tables); [bound with] Articles of War/Rules and Articles For the better Government of our Horse and Foot-Guards, And all other Our Land-Forces In Our Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, And Dominions beyond the Seas, first edition, London: Printed by John Baskett, et al, 1725, half-title, black-ruled title-page, [viii], 38pp, the sammelband possibly a presentation copy, bound in contemporary armorial calf, the covers blocked in gilt with the Board of Ordnance/Ordnance Office's coat of arms, the boards split and crudely tacked-on with sellotape, some chipped losses, loosely-inserted printed and manuscript slip from Sotherans, 8vo

Provenance: The Cottesloe Military Library; sold Sotheby's, London, 19th November 2019, lot 231 (1 of 10)