Lot 260
World.- Mount & T. Page (W.J.) The Coasting Pilot, 1737
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000
Description
World.- Mount & T. Page (W.J.) The Coasting Pilot, 15 double-page engraved maps, 2 with extending fold-outs, engraved map of St. Malo in text on penultimate leaf, numerous woodcut coastal profiles in text, title and front free endpaper mounted on tape stub to front, even toning throughout, some light spotting and surface dirt, contemporary sprinkled sheep, rebacked and recornered, edges worn, folio, for William Mount and Thomas Page, 1737
Provenance:
Bloomsbury Auctions, London, 13th November, 2014, lot 301
⁂ Rare. The charts present in our copy are: 1) North Sea; 2) The River of [sic] Thames; 3) For the Newcastle Trade...from the South Foreland to New-Castle; 4) Sea Coast of England, Scotland & Ireland; 5) Sea Coast of Scotland; 6) England, Flanders and Holland; 7) Flanders; 8) Zealand; 9) Holland from the Maes to the Texel; 10) The Channell between England & France; 11) Isle of Wight (with Part of Sussex);12) Plymouth Sound; 13) Irish Sea; 14) Ireland and part of England; 15) England to the Streights [of Gibraltar]; 16) The Haven of St. Malo (in text)
Description
World.- Mount & T. Page (W.J.) The Coasting Pilot, 15 double-page engraved maps, 2 with extending fold-outs, engraved map of St. Malo in text on penultimate leaf, numerous woodcut coastal profiles in text, title and front free endpaper mounted on tape stub to front, even toning throughout, some light spotting and surface dirt, contemporary sprinkled sheep, rebacked and recornered, edges worn, folio, for William Mount and Thomas Page, 1737
Provenance:
Bloomsbury Auctions, London, 13th November, 2014, lot 301
⁂ Rare. The charts present in our copy are: 1) North Sea; 2) The River of [sic] Thames; 3) For the Newcastle Trade...from the South Foreland to New-Castle; 4) Sea Coast of England, Scotland & Ireland; 5) Sea Coast of Scotland; 6) England, Flanders and Holland; 7) Flanders; 8) Zealand; 9) Holland from the Maes to the Texel; 10) The Channell between England & France; 11) Isle of Wight (with Part of Sussex);12) Plymouth Sound; 13) Irish Sea; 14) Ireland and part of England; 15) England to the Streights [of Gibraltar]; 16) The Haven of St. Malo (in text)
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