An Introduction To The Practice Of Nautical Surveying And The Construction Of Sea Charts

by Flinders Richard Copeland

A$27,500 · Offered by Hordern House

London: Laurie, 1823. Two volumes, quarto, with 34 plates in the second volume, including the large folding 'Trigonometrical Chart of the Archipelago of Santa Cruz, &c.; some foxing and staining but a very good copy in the original boards, extremities a little worn and neatly rebacked with calf, original printed paper labels chipped on the upper boards. Phillip Parker King's own copy of a work by Flinders

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