A complete epitome of practical navigation : containing all necessary instruction for keeping a ship's reckoning at sea: with the most approved methods of ascertaining the latitude ... and the longitude ... including a journal of a voyage from London to Madeira; and every other requisite to form the complete navigator ... illustrated by several engravings. To which is added a correct and extensive set of tables ...
1852, Fifteenth Edition. London : C. Wilson. Good copy in contemporary full leather over boards, now somewhat scuffed. Panel edges and spine heavily worn, with the latter showing no legible titles; endband and joint leather crumbling slightly. Pp. 59-62 loose (but present), with text block remaining otherwise notably tight and strong; the copy retains all plates and tables. Clean leaves overall, with preliminary and final leaves lightly foxed and offset. A well-preserved example overall. Item #467446
Physical description; xii, 328, xliv, 360 pages : tables, diagrams ; 23 cm. Notes; Adapted to the New nautical almanac, published by order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, by George Coleman. Subjects; Navigation. Nautical astronomy. Seamanship. 19th century.
Price: €120.00