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Leather and Boards. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Old panelled calf over boards. Folio: 11 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches; 29 x 20 cms. Title page slightly soiled, deeply toned and chipped to extremities as are first and last few leaves. Occasional foxing, damp staining and worm holes to text block but do not affect the legibility of the text. Edges darkened. Rubbing to extremities, chipping to corners and rear edges. Binding straight and square. Two bookplates and one inscription to inside front board. A MS. note to the Roy. Art. Inst. copy states "This book is exceedingly scarce, being printed at the sole expense of Lord Rhees, and most of the copies (which were but few) given to his friends. " COCKLE, Bibliography of English Military Books. Colonel Robert Monro (1601 - 1680) was a Scottish general from the Clan Munro of Ross-shire, Scotland. He held command in the Swedish army under Gustavus Adolphus during Thirty Years' War. Rare.…