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| [ANGLESI (BARON D']: The Military Mentor. Being a Series of Letters recently written by a General Officer to his Son, on his Entering the Army: Comprising a Course of Elegant Instruction, calculated to unite the Characters and Accomplishments of the Gentleman and the Soldie London: Printed for Richard Phillips..., 1804. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. x, 336; iv, 286 [287 - 325 Index, 326 adverts], contemporary continental charcoal grey boards to a cat's paw design, gilt rules across spines, red leather labels; possibly lacking a leaf of adverts at end of volume 1, top portion of title-page in each volume defective, with pieces cut from margins to remove name and then crudely mounted on accounts paper, slight staining of text and margins in first few leaves of volume 1, corners worn, binding a little worn, with spine of volume 1 rubbed with white underlay exposed. This work is adapted from Conseils d'un militaire à son fils; par M. le baron d'A**** [i.e. Baron d'Anglesy], colonel d'infanterie. The English translator/ adapter has made a number of additions with a view to the British market. The first edition was published in the same year, and there were further editions in 1808, 1809, and 1813. GBP 550.00 [Appr.: EURO 610 US$ 913.55 | JP¥ 80709] Book number: 3413 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books. | ||
| DUNCAN (ALEXANDER): Miscellaneous Essays, Naval, Moral, Political, and Divine. London: Printed for the Editor, By J. Barfiled...And sold by T. Gardiner..., H. D. Symonds..., and Mr. Downes and Mr. Bush, Yarmouth. 1799. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo, pp. xii [xii - xvi Contents], 132, including half-title and list of subscribers, gathering E consisting only of 7 leaves, with stub visible between C7 and D1, but pagination and sense continuous, K1 and K2 cancels, contemporary boards, later paper spine, uncut; spine defective with cords exposed, boards a little soiled, hinges repaired rather amateurishly, but a decent copy with the armorial bookplate of Edward Gould on the front paste-down end-paper. The book is dedicated to Lord [Adam] Duncan, Viscount Camperdown, Baron Lundie of Lundie, Admiral of the White Division and Commander in Chief in the North Seas, and some of the subscribers are naval officers who served under him, e. g., Sir William Johnstone Hope (1766 - 1831), flag Captain to Lord Duncan, and who subscribed for nine copies. The author had served as Naval Chaplain to Lord Duncan (1731 - 1804), who defeated the Dutch Fleet in the Texel on 11 October 1797. For this feat, he was given a pension of £2000 p. a. and created Baron Duncan of Lundie and Viscount Duncan of Camperdown. The first three essays consider the role of the British Navy, the 4th essay queries the possibility of peace with the French, the 5th and 6th, how war can be justified morally and by Christians, the 7th the reasons for continuing to oppose "proud imperious France," and the 8th, the desirability of all good Christians to pray for the defeat of the French Directory. ESTC T109489 locates copies in the BL, NLS (2), St. Andrews, Bodleian, and John Rylands; McMaster, NYPL, Kansas, and Yale in North America. GBP 495.00 [Appr.: EURO 549 US$ 822.2 | JP¥ 72638] Book number: 6462 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books. |
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