Elements Navigation Containing Theory Practice by Robertson F R S (1 results)

xxviii (8), 387; 774 (76). Octavo. Two volumes. Includes "A Treatise of Marine Fortification." Rebound in a very attractive half-calf, marbled paper. Edges trimmed and only very lightly dust soiled. Fourteen illustrative fold out plates. Charts and illustrations through the whole of the volumes. Some light foxing and staining to the pages. On the whole, these volumes are in excellent condition. Dedicated by the author to the Duke of York, this book was the standard guide for navigation in the eighteenth century. Among other things, it included information on plane and globular sailing, astronomy, arithmetick, and geometry. In 1989 this particular volume was rebound by the Bayntun-Riviere bindery in half old-style calf, half marble boards. A bookplate on the front free end paper identifies Andrew David, the Lieutenant Commander of the Royal Navy in the hydrographic office, as a previous owner.