Cartography - Collins (Captain Greenville, Hydrographer in O...

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£2,400

Cartography - Collins (Captain Greenville, Hydrographer in Ordinary to the King's most excellent Majesty), Great-Britain's Coasting Pilot: Being a New and Exact Survey of the Sea-Coast of England and Scotland From the River of Thames to the Westward and Northward; with the Island of Scilly, And from thence to Carlisle; Likewise the Islands of Orkney and Shetland [...], with Directions for coming into the Channel between England and France, London: Printed for J. Mount, T. Page, and W. Mount, on Tower-Hill, 1779, allegorical frontispiece engraving, red and black printed title within a double black-ruled border, pp: [iv], 30, 48 engraved nautical charts and maps (various sizes, mostly two-page), the majority of with dedicatee's arms, contemporary calf boards only (rubbed, loose, lacking spine), 19th century ink MS inscription to title, royal folio (52.5cm x 33.5cm], [1]

A rare late edition of Great-Britain's Coasting Pilot; OCLC lists only two copies of this 1779 edition, at the National Maritime Museum, and the National Library of Sweden.