The Light-Horse Drill: 1802
The Light-Horse Drill: Describing the Several Evolutions, in a progressive series, from the First Rudiments, to the Manoeuvres of the Squadron and Regiment: Designed for the use of the Privates and Officers of the Volunteer Corps of Great Britain / by a private of the London and Westminster Light-Horse Volunteers (2nd edition)
The acute threat of Cross-Channel invasion from Napoleonic France at the opening of the 19th century called forth the raising of a number of volunteer and militia units outside the regular army’s traditional regimental structures. This historically fascinating document - written by an anonymous, but clearly well-educated and experienced Private volunteer - is the unofficial cavalry training manual of one such unit . Designed for the use of all ranks in the Corps, it takes the novice cavalryman through a series of increasingly complex stages from rudimentary movements to manoeuvres of whole squadrons
Quarter leather binding with marbled boards and blind tooling on the spine with the title picked out in gold. Slight scuffs and marks to the front cover, but otherwise it is in excellent condition. The frontispiece has a label for Estcourt library
Printed by March and Teape of Tower Hill, The 28 plates numbered plates are unsigned; the frontispiece is engraved by Thomas Morris, after George Garrard (1760-1826).
"October, 1803. The exertion made by the whole kingdom, in the present momentous crisis, in the formation of the numerous volunteer corps, has called on the author of this treatise, for a new edition of it, much earlier than he had expected; and has obliged him to use all possible expedition in the publication of it, without waiting for the additions he had prepared, and which will now be published in the form of an appendix.
The Westminster Light Horse was raised in 1779, disbanded in 1783, reformed again in 1794, and finally disbanded in 1829. Its members were mainly wealthy Londoners, including many merchants and bankers.
The Light-Horse Drill: Describing the Several Evolutions, in a progressive series, from the First Rudiments, to the Manoeuvres of the Squadron and Regiment: Designed for the use of the Privates and Officers of the Volunteer Corps of Great Britain / by a private of the London and Westminster Light-Horse Volunteers (2nd edition)
The acute threat of Cross-Channel invasion from Napoleonic France at the opening of the 19th century called forth the raising of a number of volunteer and militia units outside the regular army’s traditional regimental structures. This historically fascinating document - written by an anonymous, but clearly well-educated and experienced Private volunteer - is the unofficial cavalry training manual of one such unit . Designed for the use of all ranks in the Corps, it takes the novice cavalryman through a series of increasingly complex stages from rudimentary movements to manoeuvres of whole squadrons
Quarter leather binding with marbled boards and blind tooling on the spine with the title picked out in gold. Slight scuffs and marks to the front cover, but otherwise it is in excellent condition. The frontispiece has a label for Estcourt library
Printed by March and Teape of Tower Hill, The 28 plates numbered plates are unsigned; the frontispiece is engraved by Thomas Morris, after George Garrard (1760-1826).
"October, 1803. The exertion made by the whole kingdom, in the present momentous crisis, in the formation of the numerous volunteer corps, has called on the author of this treatise, for a new edition of it, much earlier than he had expected; and has obliged him to use all possible expedition in the publication of it, without waiting for the additions he had prepared, and which will now be published in the form of an appendix.
The Westminster Light Horse was raised in 1779, disbanded in 1783, reformed again in 1794, and finally disbanded in 1829. Its members were mainly wealthy Londoners, including many merchants and bankers.
The Light-Horse Drill: Describing the Several Evolutions, in a progressive series, from the First Rudiments, to the Manoeuvres of the Squadron and Regiment: Designed for the use of the Privates and Officers of the Volunteer Corps of Great Britain / by a private of the London and Westminster Light-Horse Volunteers (2nd edition)
The acute threat of Cross-Channel invasion from Napoleonic France at the opening of the 19th century called forth the raising of a number of volunteer and militia units outside the regular army’s traditional regimental structures. This historically fascinating document - written by an anonymous, but clearly well-educated and experienced Private volunteer - is the unofficial cavalry training manual of one such unit . Designed for the use of all ranks in the Corps, it takes the novice cavalryman through a series of increasingly complex stages from rudimentary movements to manoeuvres of whole squadrons
Quarter leather binding with marbled boards and blind tooling on the spine with the title picked out in gold. Slight scuffs and marks to the front cover, but otherwise it is in excellent condition. The frontispiece has a label for Estcourt library
Printed by March and Teape of Tower Hill, The 28 plates numbered plates are unsigned; the frontispiece is engraved by Thomas Morris, after George Garrard (1760-1826).
"October, 1803. The exertion made by the whole kingdom, in the present momentous crisis, in the formation of the numerous volunteer corps, has called on the author of this treatise, for a new edition of it, much earlier than he had expected; and has obliged him to use all possible expedition in the publication of it, without waiting for the additions he had prepared, and which will now be published in the form of an appendix.
The Westminster Light Horse was raised in 1779, disbanded in 1783, reformed again in 1794, and finally disbanded in 1829. Its members were mainly wealthy Londoners, including many merchants and bankers.