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Title

A compendium of military discipline : as it is practised by the honourable the Artillery Company of the city of London, for the initiating and instructing the officers of the trained-bands of the said city ... / by John Blackwell, adjutant and clerk to the said company.

Author

Blackwell, John, -1739.

Publication

London : Printed for the author, and are to be sold at his house ..., 1726.

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Additional Authors

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.

Description

[16], xliv, 72 p., [3] folded leaves of plates : ill.; 20 cm. (8vo)

Subjects

• Artillery drill and tactics
• England and Wales > Army > Honourable Artillery Company of London > Drill and tactics

Note

• Signatures: A⁸ b-c⁸ d⁴ e² B-E⁸ F⁴.
• Illustrations: 2 large etchings (ca. 33 x 61 cm.), with 27 figs., by William Hogarth: "An exercise for the halbert, with its uses" and "The several postures of [th]e salute w[i]th [th]e half-pike." The 3rd plate contains diagrams.

Indexed In (note)

• Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (rev. ed.)

Call Number

*KC 1726 87-129

OCLC

• 2021584
• NYPG88-B5862

Author

Blackwell, John, -1739.

Title

A compendium of military discipline : as it is practised by the honourable the Artillery Company of the city of London, for the initiating and instructing the officers of the trained-bands of the said city ... / by John Blackwell, adjutant and clerk to the said company.

Imprint

London : Printed for the author, and are to be sold at his house ..., 1726.

Indexed In:

Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (rev. ed.), I, 103-104.

Local Note

Provenance: Wm. White, J.W. White (autographs); George R. Dyer (armorial bookplate).

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Added Author

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.

Research Call Number

*KC 1726 87-129