'PREMIER (-second) Tome de la Politique Militaire, traictant des guerres de Jules Cezar en France, Angleterre, Hollande Allemaigne et les pays voisins, auec les dernieres guerres de Kandie et d' Irlande, recueilly et composé par Monsieur Hugh de Mackay, Lieut..General des armées de sa Majesté Bretanique. A Bommel, païs de Gueldre en Hollande, 1702.' For the author see above, King's 227. Two volumes. The commentary on Caesar ends at f. 163 of vol. ii, and is followed (f. 164) by the remarks o...
'THE MILITARY ANTIQUITIES of the Romans in North Britain', by William Roy, Deputy Quarter-Master- General of the Forces, 1773. Two volumes, vol. ii containing the maps and plans. The work was published in 1793 by the Society of Antiquaries from a MS. left by the author to the Society, collated with the present MS., which is dedicated to King George III. Paper; ff 150, 59. Folio. 21 in. x 141/2 in. A.D. 1773. Calligraphic title-page. Crimson leather binding.
TRACTS on artillery and other military subjects, in French, with diagrams in pen-and-ink, dedicated to William III by an officer who signs himself 'Le C. D. O.'; Londres, 10 Oct. 1690. He says that he came to England to do the King some service, and having to wait longer than he expected has emp...
'TRAITÉ DES SIEGES, sur lattaque et la deffense des places de Guerre, par feu Monsieur Sébastien Le Prestre, Seigneur] de Vauban, Marechal de France, Ingenieur General, decede le [30] Mars 1707, contenant ce qu'il a pû recueillir et imaginer de mieux pendant plus de cinquante ans qu'il a pratiqué la fortification ' : Vauban's two treatises on the attack and defence of fortified places. Two volumes, vol. ii containing the Défense. The MS. purports to contain the treatises as written, the form...