Russian military drills, Plany I figury k shkole rekrutskoi, [St Petersburg, mid-nineteenth century], boards

[RUSSIAN MILITARY DRILLS]

Plany i figury shkole rekrutskoi [Plans and figures in the recruit's school]. [St Petersburg, before 1855]

8vo (232 x 150mm.), half-title, 2 unnumbered engraved plates (the first defective), 50 (of 51) engraved plates (numbered 1-51, some folding), contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, lacking plate 48, plates 28 and 50 damaged and repaired, some plates loose or slightly soiled; sold not subject to return

RARE.

PROVENANCE:

"This book was taken from a house in Sevastopol by a soldier of the 55th Reg^t, and given by him to Lieut. Granville-Harkness of the same Reg^t for a glass of grog. I.G.H. Camp nr Sevastopol, September 1855", inscription on inside front cover; Russian library stamp on half-title