Best foot forward for New York sale
Compiled for official British War Office use on the eve of the American War of Independence, this quarto volume bearing the manuscript title ‘The Uniform of the Several Regiments of Foot in His Majesty’s Service’ doubled the high estimate at Christie’s New York (25/20/13.5% buyer’s premium).
Finely bound in red morocco gilt, it contains 70 illustrations of uniforms, executed in ink and wa…