Lord rhees (2 risultati)

Leather and Boards. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Old panelled calf over boards. Folio: 11 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches; 29 x 20 cms. Title page slightly soiled, deeply toned and chipped to extremities as are first and last few leaves. Occasional foxing, damp staining and worm holes to text block but do not affect the legibility of the text. Edges darkened. Rubbing to extremities, chipping to corners and rear edges. Binding straight and square. Two bookplates and one inscription to inside front board. A MS. note to the Roy. Art. Inst. copy states "This book is exceedingly scarce, being printed at the sole expense of Lord Rhees, and most of the copies (which were but few) given to his friends. " COCKLE, Bibliography of English Military Books. Colonel Robert Monro (1601 - 1680) was a Scottish general from the Clan Munro of Ross-shire, Scotland. He held command in the Swedish army under Gustavus Adolphus during Thirty Years' War. Rare.…

Full Leather. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Brown 17th century calf with leather title label gilt with spine hubs. Title page a litttle soiled. 89 pp of the first partplus table and List of Scottish Officers. 181 pp of the second part plus an abridgement for the exercise of the Younger soldier.And the Table of the second part. Monro and his mercenary soldiers in the 9th year of the thirty Years War went to fight Under Christian IX of Denmark and later under Gustavus Adolphus. This is considered the first regimental history ever written. Previous owners names on fixed endpaper.Worming to several pages not affecting text. Darkening at edge of text bloc o/w very clean interiors. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.…