12mo. viii,196pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled sheep. Extremities worn, surface loss to spine and boards, corners bumped. Hinges exposed, early ownership inscription of Captain Leeson to FEP, worm-track running through head of text-block (not touching text).

A rare survival of the first Dublin edition (printed in the year after the first London edition) of a manual - dedicated to 'The Honourable Col. Horatio Walpole, and the officers of the West Norfolk Regiment of Militia', intended for the use of infantry officers of the British Army, taking into account the recent alterations in discipline modelled on the Prussian military, as established by Frederick the Great.

ESTC records a single copy (Pennsylvania).