Hoste (Paul, SJ) & Boswall (Captain John Donaldson, RN, ...

Hammer

£150

Hoste (Paul, SJ) & Boswall (Captain John Donaldson, RN, FRSE), A Treatise on Naval Tactics, first English edition, Edinburgh: Bell and Bradfute, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Co, 1834, engraved title, 52 full-page plates engraved after J.W. McLea, some handling marks in places, contemporary tan quarter-calf over marbled boards, rebacked, corners worn, later endpapers, 4to

Provenance: Caledonian United Services Club, Edinburgh; upper-cover with their armorial supralibros blocked in gilt, pastedown with their bookplate.