Report on the Art of War in Europe in 1854, 1855, & 1856 por Delafield, Richard - 1857

Franklin Classics Trade Press. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo (24 x 16 cm). 287 pp. Glossy black paper covers with white titles to upper and tan spine. Text block tight and unmarked. Facsimile of book by R. Delafield published in 1860.

New York: Wentworth Press, 2016. Reprint. Soft cover. New. 8vo (24 x 16 cm). 287 pp. Glossy black paper covers with white titles to upper and tan spine. Text block tight and unmarked. Facsimile of book by R. Delafield published in 1860.

Washington DC: George W Bowman, 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +. 4to (30 x 8 x 23 cm). i-xxiv (index & introduction), 277 [4] pp. Light foxing throughout. Color title-page. Text and index complete. Multiple (Unpaginated/possibly incomplete) color and B/W folding maps, plates, drawings bound in after text. Some appear unopened, some with tears. In U.S. House Of Representatives blind stamped brown leather binding with House seal to upper and faded gilt titles to spine.

Washington DC: George W Bowman, 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +. 4to (30 x 8 x 23 cm). i-xxiv (index & introduction), 277 [4] pp. Light foxing throughout. Color title-page. Text and index complete. Multiple (Unpaginated/possibly incomplete) color and B/W folding maps, plates, drawings bound in after text. Some appear unopened, some with tears. In U.S. House Of Representatives blind stamped brown leather binding with House seal to upper and faded gilt titles to spine. Includes modern facsimile copy for reference.

1860.

1860. Washington, George W. Bowman, 1860. 4to. Orig. blindtamped full cloth. Spine and covers loosening. Corners bumped. Wear to edges. Stamp on title-pages. Chromolithographed title-page and printed. XVI,287 pp. Profusely textillustrated, and illustrated with 83 large folded maps, lithographed plates, lithographed plates in colour etc. A dampstain to the last 10 plates, mostly seen on verso. Published as 36th Congress, 1st Session - Senate - Ex. Doc. No. 59

Washington, DC: George W. Bowman, 1861. fair to good. 29.5 cm, 277, rebound, illus. (some color), fold-out plans, diagrams, index, some page discoloration, pencil erasure on front endpaper. House of Representatives. 36th Congress, 2d session. Ex. Doc. The Delafield Commission was the most ambitious military observation mission up to that time, and the first to observe an ongoing war. This undertaking constituted an important step in the development of U.S. military professionalism.

1860. DELAFIELD, Richard. REPORT ON THE ART OF WAR IN EUROPE IN 1854, 1855, AND 1856. By Major Richard Delafield, Corps of Engineers, from his notes and observations made as a member of a "Military Commission to the Theater of War in Europe," under the orders of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War. Washington: George W. Bowman, Printer, 1860. Issued by the 36th Congress, 2nd Session, House of Representatives, Ex Doc., First edition. Profusely illustrated with engraved and lithographed plates, maps and diagrams, and an additional title-page, which is illustrated and lithographed in color. There are numerous plates and figures mostly bound at the end of the volume; many of these are folding plates, maps of diagrams and in good condition as they have likely never been unfolded.. Some plates show light wear and foxing; and there is some foxing in the text. Thick 4to.: xvi, 277 pp., Original cloth, some nicks and tears. A little foxing, soiling but overall a very good and serviceable copy, with… Ler mais

Washington, D. C: George W.Bowman, Printer, 1860. xxiv, 277pp.with 24 lithographed views incl. additional title (most tinted, some folding, 2 with some hand-colouring), & 57 folding maps, plans & plates. numerous text illus. original blind-stamped cloth, In 1855 Major Delafield of the American Corps of Engineers was appointed to form a commission to visit the Crimea and the theatre of war in Europe for the purpose of gathering information regarding various aspects of their military systems: the organization of armies, furnishing and distributing supplies, medical and hospital arrangements, kinds of arms, ammuniition and equipment , including the Lancaster gun and rifle cannon, the construction of fortifications, methods of transportation, &c. The plates include numerous lithographed views of Sebastopol and fortifications there, the military hospital at St. Petersburg, the Turkish Barrack at Scutari, used by the English Army as their general depot hospital, and as a residence by Florence… Ler mais

Washington: George W.Bowman, Printer, 1861., 1861. 4to. pp. xxiv, 277. 24 lithographed views incl. additional title (most tinted, some folding, 2 with some hand-colouring), & 57 folding maps, plans & plates. numerous text illus. original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked with new endpapers (chipping to edges of covers, text foxed, some of the folding plates torn but with no loss of image, library rubberstamps on titles & front paste-downs). In 1855 Major Delafield of the American Corps of Engineers was appointed to form a commission to visit the Crimea and the theatre of war in Europe for the purpose of gathering information regarding various aspects of their military systems: the organization of armies, furnishing and distributing supplies, medical and hospital arrangements, kinds of arms, ammuniition and equipment , including the Lancaster gun and rifle cannon, the construction of fortifications, methods of transportation, &c. The plates include numerous lithographed views of Sebastopol and… Ler mais