Books and the British Army in the Age of the American Revolution

Contents/Maps and Illustrations

CONTENTS Prefacexi INTRODUCTION A French Connection3 PART I Officers and Their Books65 PART II Books Preferred137 PART III Books Not Taken235 Appendixes267 Bibliography of Manuscripts, Catalogues, and Scholarly Works309 Index321 This page intentionally left blank MAP AND ILLUSTR ATIONS MAP Places of Publication, 2 ILLUSTRATIONS Sir Henry Clinton marginalia, 76 Sir John Ligonier, 99 George Lane Parker bookplate, 113 James Wolfe’s letter of July 18, 1756, 133 Title page of 1753 edition of Caesar’s Commentaries, 155 “Siege of Lisle,” 158 Title page of 1756 edition of Saxe’s Reveries, 216 “Attaques Regulieres” from Vauban, De l’Attaque et de la Defense des Places, 228 “Catalogue des Livres Nouveaux” from Jeney, Le Partisan, 236 This page intentionally left blank ...