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Title: The System of Infantry Discipline: According to the Regulation Established for the Army of the United States, 19 March, 1813 (bound with) Explanation of the Plates of the System of Infantry Discipline Author: (Duane, William) Place: No place [Philadelphia?] Publisher: [William Duane?] Date: 1814 Description: 2 volumes in 1. viii, 284; [2], 18 + 32 folding copper engraved plates at rear. Many diagrams in the text. 8x5, period full sheep with gilt spine. First Edition. In 4 parts: I. The Elementary Instruction of the Soldier; II. The Discipline of the Platoon; III. The Discipline and Evolutions of the Battalion; IV. The Manoeuvres of the Line; with an Appendix forming a Fifth Part containing the Elements of War. This copy bound with the separately issued volume of plates with separate title page and descriptive text paginated independently. Sabin's note does not mention the main title as having plates nor does he acknowledge the seperate plate volume. OCLC only records the plate volume separately. Authored and published anonymously, the copyright notice records William Duane registering the title "the right whereof he claims as author" in the Pennsylvania office. An exhaustive manual of military training, likely adapted from Duane's earlier "American Military Library" series. (Sabin 20994, note). Lot Amendments Condition: Moderate rubbing to covers; head of spine lightly chipped, though binding quite sound; innofensive old dampstain to first several pages; foxing throughout, including plates; bottom of first plate with loss possibly affecting a bit of the image; contemporary inscription to front free endpaper, good to very good. Item number: 177373