[A Victorian manuscript copy of the general orders of several British Regiments during campaigns in Scotland 1745-46].
[s.i.].
[s.n.], [s.d., c. 1875]
Oblong 8vo.
Manuscript on paper. [98] leaves. Paper watermarked 1875. Contemporary red half-morocco, red buckram boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, hinges exposed, typed bookseller's description pasted to verso of FFEP, first leaf detached.
A Victorian manuscript copy, in at least two unidentified hands, of the general military order for several British Regiments during the campaign in Scotland 1745-46, including (according to a later manuscript note to verso of FFEP) those of Lieutenant Archibald Campbell of the 3rd Regiment of Dragoons who was aide-de-camp to General Bland and served under 'Butcher' Cumberland at the Battle of Culloden.
Campbell's military order books have seemingly never been published; the originals are preserved at the National Army Museum (NAM 1968-07-228).
£ 1,250.00
Antiquates Ref: 28162
Campbell's military order books have seemingly never been published; the originals are preserved at the National Army Museum (NAM 1968-07-228).
