The Oriental navigator; or, new directions for sailing to and from the East Indies.

A$15,000 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Also for the use of the country ships, trading in the Indian and China seas, to New Holland, c. c. Collected from the manuscripts, journals, memoirs, and observations, of the most experienced officers in the Hon. East India Company s Service; and from the last edition of the French Neptune Oriental, by Mons. D Après de Mannevillette. Being a companion to the East India pilot, in two large volumes of charts and plans, originally published by the late Mr. Robert Sayer; which have been greatly augmented, with many corrections and improvements. London : printed for, and published by, Robert Laurie and James Whittle, map, chart, and print sellers, (successors to the late Mr. Robert Sayer), 1794 (1797). First edition, first issue. Quarto (290 x 240 mm), contemporary half calf over marbled papered boards (heavily rubbed, corners worn), expertly rebacked in period style, front pastedown with bookplate of the Essex Institute (cancelled with its deaccession wet stamp), half title with early ownership signature of R. J. Cleveland, [i-vii], viii-xiv, 572 pp; pastedowns, endpapers, half title and title with foxing, with scattered lighter foxing throughout, else contents clean and sound; a good copy. The scarce first issue of the first edition of Laurie and Whittle s Oriental Navigator , in the manner of their predecessor Robert Sayer. The Oriental Navigator is important for its detailed instructions to European navigators on piloting their vessels through the seas of Asia: rounding the Ca

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