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O'ROURKE, John. A Treatise on the Art of War. London: T. Spilsbury, 1778. 4° (201 x 156mm). 14 engraved plates, 2 folding (occasional light spotting and offsetting). Early 19th-century red straight-grained morocco gilt, spine with crown surmounted by a lion, gilt edges (extremities lightly rubbed).
Provenance: "This book belonged once to that illustrious Upholder of the Protestant principles of the British Constitution, the true, impartial & unwearied friend of the British Army, H.R.H. Frederick Duke of York, late Commander in Chief. Maurice ?Cicely Trevillian to Thomas Rawson, 10 July 1827."
Provenance: "This book belonged once to that illustrious Upholder of the Protestant principles of the British Constitution, the true, impartial & unwearied friend of the British Army, H.R.H. Frederick Duke of York, late Commander in Chief. Maurice ?Cicely Trevillian to Thomas Rawson, 10 July 1827."
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