The little sea torch: or, true guide for coasting pilots

by John Thomas Serres, R. Bougard

$12,500 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: for the author by J. Debrett, 1801. First edition, folio, pp. 2 , i -ii, v -vi, 144, 6 ; likely original marbled boards, rebacked in gilt-paneled brown calf, original red morocco label preserved; minor spotting; a very good, sound, and attractive copy. The subscribers' list contains 171 names taking 191 copies, so the edition was likely a small one. This copy with the engraved bookplate of Joseph Neeld, one of the subscribers. A lovely work on how

• Binding: Leather

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