Maritime.- [Maskelyne (Nevil)] The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, for the Year 1767. Published by Order of the Commissioners of Longitude, first edition, title soiled and with small ink inscription, by W. Richardson and S. Clark, 1766 bound with Tables Requisite to be Used with the Astronomical and Nautical Ephemeris, 2 large folding tables, W. Richardson and S. Clark, 1766 and A Table of Proportional Logarithms; to be Used with the Astronomical and Nautical Ephemeris, by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1776, together 3 works in 1 vol., tables, ink inscription "Gracehill Academy Library" to front free endpaper, contemporary half calf, horizontal split to spine, chipping, rubbing and wear to covers and spine, 8vo.

⁂ The rare first edition of the first nautical almanac to contain data dedicated to the convenient determination of longitude at sea. The present work was the first to include tabulation of lunar distances as a tool to facilitate the determination of longitude at sea. We can trace no example at auction in the last 70 years.