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A Treatise on the Military Art, 1798, by HOYT

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"A Treatise on the Military Art"

1798, "A Treatise on the Military Art," by Epadhras Hoyt, Printed at Brattlesborough by Benjamin Smead, MA, Choice Very Fine.
209 pages, 7" x 4." In this edition, there were two parts published in one. The first part was a comprehensive system of Discipline for the Cavalry of the United States; adopted to the principles of Baron Steuben's Regulations for the Infantry, and the latest Prussian and English Treatises on Cavalry. The second part is on Regulations concerning the Duty of Cavalry in Camp in time of War. This is one of the earliest American treatises on cavalry discipline, published during the Quasi-War. Includes 10 plates, though some are browning and are lightly offset. Still has original leather binding with maroon covers that are detached.



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