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[HEATHER, William (fl.1765-1812). The Marine Atlas or Seaman's Complete Pilot. London: W. Heather, 1796-1805.]
Extremely rare sea atlas, with eastern hemisphere map, 2 charts relating to North and South America, 14 maps of the Middle East and Asia. Cf. NMM 344.
Folio 2° (648 x 403mm). 30 double-page engraved maps and charts, all mounted on guards, of which 17 folding, all but one numbered in ink manuscript on versoes (faint offsetting, occasional light staining mostly confined to margins, one small tape repair to creasefold, a couple of other tiny marginal nicks). Modern half morocco. Provenance: A. & J. Black and H. Parry (book, map and scientific instrument sellers, 19th-century engraved bookplate preserved on new endpapers).
Extremely rare sea atlas, with eastern hemisphere map, 2 charts relating to North and South America, 14 maps of the Middle East and Asia. Cf. NMM 344.
Folio 2° (648 x 403mm). 30 double-page engraved maps and charts, all mounted on guards, of which 17 folding, all but one numbered in ink manuscript on versoes (faint offsetting, occasional light staining mostly confined to margins, one small tape repair to creasefold, a couple of other tiny marginal nicks). Modern half morocco. Provenance: A. & J. Black and H. Parry (book, map and scientific instrument sellers, 19th-century engraved bookplate preserved on new endpapers).
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