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Military Antiquities Respecting A History Of The English Army, From The Conquest To The Present Time. By Francis Grose Esqr. F.A.S. [rectangular vignette] Vol.I. [II.]

Francis Grose

RA Collection: Book

Record number

13/1376

Author

Edition

A new Edition with material additions & improvements.

Imprint

London: Printed for T. Egerton, Whitehall; & G. Kearsley, Fleet Street, 1801

Physical Description

2 vols.; 280 mm.

General Note

First appeared in four numbers in 1786. Vol. I: vi, [2], 412 p., engr. frontis., engraved t.-pl., [51] engr. pl.; Vol. II: 236, *229-*234, 237-372, [20], 2 engr. frontis., 2 engr. t.-pl., [86] pl.. Printer statement at the foot of p. 412, Vol. I, '[T. Davison, Lombard-street, Whitefriars.]' 'A Treatise On Ancient Armour And Weapons', vol. II, p. 237-372, has separate engraved frontispiece and engraved title-plate.

Contents

Vol. I: [Frontis., t.-pl.] - Preface To This Edition. - Advertisement. - Contents Of This Volume. - Directions For Placing The Cuts. - [Text with illus.]. Vol. II: [Frontis., t.-pl.] - [Text with illus.] - [Frontis., t.-pl.] - Preface To The Second Edition [of 'A Treatise On Ancient Armour And Weapons']. - [Text and illus.] - General Index. - Directions For Placing The Cuts In The Second Volume.

Subject

Great Britain. Army History, Military art and science

Contributors

Thomas Egerton, publisher/bookseller
George Kearsley the elder, publisher/bookseller
Thomas Davison, printer