Collins atlas of British coasts, 1753
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Author: Collins, Greenville
Title: 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 Islands of Scilly and thence to Carlisle; likewise the Islands of Orkney and Shetland...
Place Published: London
Publisher:Printed for W. and J. Mount and T. Page
Date Published: 1753
Description:
[4], 26 pp. With added engraved pictorial title page; 49 copper-engraved charts & plates, all but a few double-pages, several folding out as well. (Folio) 55x31 cm (21¾x12¼"), period calf.
Detailed charts of the ports, harbors, coasts, and other features of Britain and Scotland, printed on thick paper.
Condition Report: Rubbing and wear to binding, chips to spine foot and a few other places, joints tender; endpapers creased, marginal staining to earlier text leaves and some plate margins, one fold-out plate with tear at fold; very good condition.
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Heading:
Author: Collins, Greenville
Title: 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 Islands of Scilly and thence to Carlisle; likewise the Islands of Orkney and Shetland...
Place Published: London
Publisher:Printed for W. and J. Mount and T. Page
Date Published: 1753
Description:
[4], 26 pp. With added engraved pictorial title page; 49 copper-engraved charts & plates, all but a few double-pages, several folding out as well. (Folio) 55x31 cm (21¾x12¼"), period calf.
Detailed charts of the ports, harbors, coasts, and other features of Britain and Scotland, printed on thick paper.
Condition Report: Rubbing and wear to binding, chips to spine foot and a few other places, joints tender; endpapers creased, marginal staining to earlier text leaves and some plate margins, one fold-out plate with tear at fold; very good condition.