Feb 10, 2005 - Sale 2032

Sale 2032 - Lot 304

Price Realized: $ 2,760
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(REVOLUTION.) [Lambart, Richard.] A New System of Military Discipline, Founded upon Principle. 8vo, publisher's boards, rebacked; some staining, foxing and browning; early owner's signature on title and front cover (Lieutenant John Ball); uncut. Philadelphia: R. Aitkin, 1776

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Scarce military manual used by both sides during the Revolution. This copy likely owned by John Ball of Connecticut, who was commissioned as an ensign in the 19th Continental Infantry in January 1776, and rose to the rank of Lieutenant in the 6th Connecticut in 1777. Evans 14815; Sabin 53405.