Lot 206

Royal Navy - Special Instructions

Auction: 16 May 2008 at 12:00 BST
£720
Description
Exercise of the small arms and great guns, for the seamen on board His Majesty's ships. [London, 1765?], 4to, pp.44, contemporary calf, rebacked, new endpapers, some browning to page edges
Footnote
Note: ESTC T101549, Adams & Waters 1022[p.69]
An indispensible guide to handling small arms aboard ship, firelocks, bayonets, etc. Given its use at sea, it is understandably scarce.
