Item #54427 A practical treatise on strengthening and defending outposts, villages, houses, bridges, &c. in reference to the duties of officers in command of piquets, as laid down in the field exercise and evolutions of the army. Capt. of the Corps of Royal Engineers Jebb, oshua.
A practical treatise on strengthening and defending outposts, villages, houses, bridges, &c. in reference to the duties of officers in command of piquets, as laid down in the field exercise and evolutions of the army
A practical treatise on strengthening and defending outposts, villages, houses, bridges, &c. in reference to the duties of officers in command of piquets, as laid down in the field exercise and evolutions of the army
A practical treatise on strengthening and defending outposts, villages, houses, bridges, &c. in reference to the duties of officers in command of piquets, as laid down in the field exercise and evolutions of the army
A practical treatise on strengthening and defending outposts, villages, houses, bridges, &c. in reference to the duties of officers in command of piquets, as laid down in the field exercise and evolutions of the army
A practical treatise on strengthening and defending outposts, villages, houses, bridges, &c. in reference to the duties of officers in command of piquets, as laid down in the field exercise and evolutions of the army

Two rare Madras imprints

A practical treatise on strengthening and defending outposts, villages, houses, bridges, &c. in reference to the duties of officers in command of piquets, as laid down in the field exercise and evolutions of the army

Madras: re-printed at the Athenaeum Press, from the London edition - 1836, for J. B. Pharoah, 1837. 8vo, pp. vii, [3], 63, [1]; 15 lithograph plates; considerable dampstaining and tears to the fore-margins up to p. 50; paper toned and fragile; not in OCLC which locates only the London editions; bound with: Jebb, J., Capt. of the Corps of Royal Engineers, A Practical Treatise on the Attack of Military Posts, Villages, Intrenchments, &c. intended as a supplement to 'The Defence of Outposts,' with a familiar explanation of the principles and practice of escalding. Madras: re-printed at the Athenaeum Press, from the London edition - 1837, for J. B. Pharoah, 1838. pp. vi, [2], 80; lithograph frontispiece and 4 lithograph plates; paper toned and fragile. OCLC locates only 1 copy of the second edition with 99 pages. Together, 2 volumes in 1; slightly later, half calf over terracotta cloth-covered boards; first and last leaf reinserted; 1854 inscription on the first title page; old ink inscription on front pastedown, inscription in Arabic on the recto of the front free endpaper, math calculations on the verso of the rear free endpaper; overall, a fair copy, but both apparently very rare. Jebb (1793-1863) was a Royal Engineer and Surveyor-General of convict prisons. During the War of 1812 he fought at the Battle of Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain. He was also a noted prison designer. Item #54427

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