Military discipline
Subtitle: the compleat souldier, or expert artillery-man : containing the several postures and exercises of the musket & fire-lock, with various beats of the drum, necessary for young souldiers : also divers ways of exercising a company, very useful for all officers, and others that delight in military affairs : to which is added, the duties of all the officers, in a private company : as also the military law of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay, very necessary for captains, clarkes, etc.
By: being a collection from Elton, Bariff, and others
Contributors: Elton, Rd; Barriffe, William
Series: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time -- 7708-7709
Publisher: Printed for and sold by Nicholas Boone
Published: 1701
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Military art and science -- Soldiers' handbooks; Military law -- Massachusetts; Massachusetts -- Militia
Notes: "To the reader" signed: Nicholas Boone

"First book written by an American author on military science ... Boone was not only the publisher but the author as well."--G.E. Littelfied, Early Boston booksellers, 1642-1711, p. [192]

"A poem on the art military, and compleat souldier": p. 64-66

"The military laws, passed by the Great and general court or assembly of the province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New-England ..." (with special t.p.): p. [69]-96

Sabin 6375

Microfiche. Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, 1991. 2 microfiches : negative. (Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time ; 7708-7709)