A practical treatise on strengthening and defending outposts, villages, houses, bridges, &c. in reference to the duties of officers in command of piquets, as laid down in the field exercise and evolutions of the army

Madras: re-printed at the Athenaeum Press, from the London edition - 1836, for J. B. Pharoah, 1837. 8vo, pp. vii, [3], 63, [1]; 15 lithograph plates; considerable dampstaining and tears to the fore-margins up to p. 50; paper toned and fragile; not in OCLC which locates only the London editions; bound with: Jebb, J., Capt. of the Corps of Royal Engineers, A Practical Treatise on the Attack of Military Posts, Villages, Intrenchments, &c. intended as a supplement to 'The Defence of Outposts,' with a familiar explanation of the principles and practice of escalding. Madras: re-printed at the Athenaeum Press, from the London edition - 1837, for J. B. Pharoah, (truncated) 1838. pp. vi, [2], 80; lithograph frontispiece and 4 lithograph plates; paper toned and fragile. OCLC locates only 1 copy of the second edition with 99 pages. Together, 2 volumes in 1; slightly later, half calf over terracotta cloth-covered boards; first and last leaf reinserted; 1854 inscription on the first title page; old ink inscription on front pastedown, inscription in Arabic on the recto of the front free endpaper, math calculations on the verso of the rear free endpaper; overall, a fair copy, but both apparently very rare. Jebb (1793-1863) was a Royal Engineer and Surveyor-General of convict prisons. During the War of 1812 he fought at the Battle of Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain. He was also a noted prison designer. (Inventory #: 54427)