[MILITARY] TREATISE ON FORTIFICATION, OR, LECTURES DELIVERED TO OFFICERS READING FOR THE STAFF

London: W. Mitchell, 1862. First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Treatise by one of the most respected of the British Army crammer, having set up a military college at Sundbury House, with a specialty in the study of fortifications. This copy in half red morocco over marbled boards; the front joint is starting at the bottom, though holding well; both the leather and the marbled paper are rubbed; there is a small bookplate and an old blindstamp for the Bureau of Ordnance of the United States Navy; xiv, 538 pages;[2] pages of ad for Mitchell's Military Books; illustrations. Very Good binding.