DESBARRES, Colonel JOSEPH FREDERICK WALLET. A Statement submitted by Lieutenant Colonel Desbarres, for Consideration. Respecting his Services, from the Year 1755, to the present Time--in the Capacity of an Officer and Engineer during the War of 1756.--The Utility of his Surveys and Publications of the Coasts and Harbours of North America, intituled, The Atlantic Neptune.--and his Proceedings and Conduct as Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Colony of Cape Breton. N.p., n.d. [1796]. Folio, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners and edges worn, a few slight stains. [2], i-ix, [1]-90-[91-99] pp. Paragraphs numbered in black ink throughout from 1 to 361; EXTENSIVE MANUSCRIPT ANNOTATIONS IN DESBARRES'S HAND, in black ink, ranging from 12-line notes to one- word entries, forming a gloss for over 150 of the numbered paragraphs; a further 77 entries in red ink at the bottom of various pages giving the names of various military and other gentlemen; approximately 48 neat ink textual corrections in black ink and a few pencil annotations, the word "Lieutenant" before "Colonel" cancelled in ink on the title- page and in the heading on p.[1].

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DESBARRES, Colonel JOSEPH FREDERICK WALLET. A Statement submitted by Lieutenant Colonel Desbarres, for Consideration. Respecting his Services, from the Year 1755, to the present Time--in the Capacity of an Officer and Engineer during the War of 1756.--The Utility of his Surveys and Publications of the Coasts and Harbours of North America, intituled, The Atlantic Neptune.--and his Proceedings and Conduct as Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Colony of Cape Breton. N.p., n.d. [1796]. Folio, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners and edges worn, a few slight stains. [2], i-ix, [1]-90-[91-99] pp. Paragraphs numbered in black ink throughout from 1 to 361; EXTENSIVE MANUSCRIPT ANNOTATIONS IN DESBARRES'S HAND, in black ink, ranging from 12-line notes to one- word entries, forming a gloss for over 150 of the numbered paragraphs; a further 77 entries in red ink at the bottom of various pages giving the names of various military and other gentlemen; approximately 48 neat ink textual corrections in black ink and a few pencil annotations, the word "Lieutenant" before "Colonel" cancelled in ink on the title- page and in the heading on p.[1].