[BRITISH ARMY] – A list of all the officers of the army and royal marines on full and half-pay: with an index: and a succession of colonels

[BRITISH ARMY]. A list of all the officers of the army and royal marines on full and half-pay: with an index: and a succession of colonels.

[London]. [Printed by C. Roworth], [1806]. Fifty-fourth edition.

8vo. [4], 337, *337-*338, 338-846pp. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and a trifle marked. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, internally clean and crisp.

A well preserved, finely bound copy of this 1786 army list. Containing the names of all Officers of the British army in the lull between the American Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic conflict. Amongst the officers of the 33rd (1st Yorkshire W. Riding) Regiment of Foot is listed the young Lieutenant colonel Hon. Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington (1769-1852).

£ 375.00 Antiquates Ref: 20613