Practical Military Surveying and Sketching,

£150 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Relatively uncommon, six copies only on OCLC of this First Edition. Splendid little guide to “the shortest methods of making a Military Sketch or Survey.” On the title page Drayson is described as “Assistant-Instructor in Surveying, etc., Royal Military Academy, Instructor in Topographical Drawing, etc., to the Royal Artillery.” He achieved the rank of Colonel in 1874.

• Year: 1861

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