WARS

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Abstract of the field exercise and evolutions of the army.

Author: 
[NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH ARMY FIELD EXERCISES] MAHOMED IBRAHIM KHAN
Publication details: 
Adjutant-General's Office, Horse Guards, | 25th OCTOBER, 1824. | LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES, | NORTHUMBERLAND-COURT.' 1824.
£75.00

Title-page headed 'BY HIS MAJESTY'S COMMAND'. Pages viii + 136. Binding copy only: lacking spine and with original pink boards and some signatures detached. Paper discoloured and with light staining to prelims. Ownership inscription cut away from head of title-leaf. Unusual ownership inscription in contemporary hand on flyleaf: 'Mahomed Ibrahim Ali Khan'.

Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Francis Vincent.

Author: 
George B. Rumbold.
Publication details: 
Berlin, 23 June 1806.
£180.00

Diplomat. Three pages, 4to, poor condition but most of the text legible. "Private". Rumbold discusses the reception of a petition he sent to "Mr Fen[?]" saying that he is to get "immediate indemnification for the losses & expenses occasioned by the seizure of my Person, my imprisonment &c". Vincent is giving him support. He encloses his account, anticipates delay by the Treasury in paying but enlists his correspondent's help. His case was a cause celebre of the time, described in DNB as follows: "On the night of 25 Oct.

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