MONTAGU (George)MareMagnum
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First edition, 8vo (203 x 125 mm), [4], vii, [1 errata], 152p., with half-title, engraved frontispiece, some light spotting, cont. calf, re-backed, corners re-newed, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, ruled in gilt. George Montagu (1753?1815), English army officer and naturalist. In 1770 he joined the army as an Ensign in the 15th Regiment of Foot and In December 1775 George was promoted to the rank of Captain on the same day that the regiment was ordered to America. He resigned his commission as a Captain in 1777, but eventually rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Wiltshire Militia. This, his first publication, is little known and is rare, he is better known for his pioneering two-volume Ornithological Dictionary; or Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds of 1802, which for the first time accurately defined the status of Britain's birds. He is remembered today for species such as the Montagu's harrier, named for him. ESTC locating 3 UK copies (BL, Cambridge and St. Andrews), with just 1 copy located in North America (Smithsonian).
First edition, 4to (225 x 170 mm), [12], 118 [1.e. 134], [2]pp., with final advert leaf, pp. 129-134 misnumbered 113-118, engraved head-pieces, 15 fine engraved folding plates, text and plates nice clean and bright, turn-ins offset onto endpapers, cont. calf, slight rubbing to lower outer corner of upper board, rebacked, red morocco spine label, a very nice copy. Originally written in French by that eminent mathematician, for the use of Lewis Charles of Lorraine, Count de Brionne, and published for the introduction of the young gentlemen in the armies of France. It was regarded as a standard reference on the continent, Covering much the same field as Muller and Rudyerd in the period just prior to the French and Indian Wars. The final advert leaf announces further translations of M. Le Blond's two other treatises The Attack and of the Defence of Fortified Places and Universal Military Dictionary are in the press and were to be published as part II and III. However, only the Attack was to appear in 1748. Both works are rare, of this Treatise of Artillery ESTC gives 3 locations in the UK and 5 in North America, and of the Attack just 2 locations are given. Provenance: From the library Military Library of Thomas Francis Fremantle (3rd Lord Cottesloe).