A military-drill aid, dissected into twelve panels, providing a step-by-step pictorial guide to basic infantry exercises 'as practised by His Majesty's Army'. The whole consists of two separate evolutions: 'Manual Exercise' in eight steps, which involves the fixing and use of bayonets but with no firing or reloading; and 'Platoon Exercise' in ten steps, including the firing of muskets and subsequent reloading. Each dissected panel features two steps, with the three remaining panels containing the 'Position of an Officer' and '3 Ranks. Make Ready', the decorated title vignette, and ''3 Ranks. Present - Fire' alongside a detailed schematic of a musket, in both assembled and disassembled forms. Engraved after the work of English artist and printmaker Robert Dighton, this guide was issued at the beginning of the most acute stage of the first Napoleonic invasion scare and sold folded in a slipcase
Description:
Title and imprint statement from plate., With original marbled paper-covered slipcase with two printed labels: one bearing the same title and imprint statement "London: Printed for the proprietors, Bowles and Carver, No. 69, St. Paul's Church Yard" and the other label with an advertisement "Just published" and a description of Bowles's New four-sheet maps., Printed label with same title and imprint statement "London: Printed for the proprietors, Bowles and Carver, No. 69, St. Paul's Church Yard., Sheet trimmed within plate mark and mounted on linen., and Case only. Plate shelved as: 795.01.02.01+
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles and Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, Military education, Military training, and British
A military-drill aid, dissected into twelve panels, providing a step-by-step pictorial guide to basic infantry exercises 'as practised by His Majesty's Army'. The whole consists of two separate evolutions: 'Manual Exercise' in eight steps, which involves the fixing and use of bayonets but with no firing or reloading; and 'Platoon Exercise' in ten steps, including the firing of muskets and subsequent reloading. Each dissected panel features two steps, with the three remaining panels containing the 'Position of an Officer' and '3 Ranks. Make Ready', the decorated title vignette, and ''3 Ranks. Present - Fire' alongside a detailed schematic of a musket, in both assembled and disassembled forms. Engraved after the work of English artist and printmaker Robert Dighton, this guide was issued at the beginning of the most acute stage of the first Napoleonic invasion scare and sold folded in a slipcase
Description:
Title and imprint statement from plate., With original marbled paper-covered slipcase with two printed labels: one bearing the same title and imprint statement "London: Printed for the proprietors, Bowles and Carver, No. 69, St. Paul's Church Yard" and the other label with an advertisement "Just published" and a description of Bowles's New four-sheet maps., Printed label with same title and imprint statement "London: Printed for the proprietors, Bowles and Carver, No. 69, St. Paul's Church Yard., Sheet trimmed within plate mark and mounted on linen., and Case shelved as: 63 N532 795.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles and Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, Military education, Military training, and British
Vestris, Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi, 1797-1856., Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797., Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Bradwell, W., active 1815-1825., and Covent Garden Theatre.