Jun 06, 2013 - Sale 2317

Sale 2317 - Lot 297

Price Realized: $ 1,680
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
(SAILING DIRECTIONS.) The Oriental Navigator; or, Directions for Sailing to, from, and upon the Coasts of, the East Indies, China, Australia, &c. Composed, for the Use of Ships trading in the Indian, Malayan, and Chinese, Seas; and for those engaged in the Fisheries of the Pacific Ocean, &c. 2 engraved maps of areas of New Zealand. [4], viii, 172, 755, [1] pages, including half-title. 4to, 264x211 mm, later 19th-century cloth with leather lettering piece; occasional browning of text, vertical dark streaks and patches of soiling on a few leaves in middle of volume, Scotch tape repairs with discoloration on 2 leaves toward end. London, 1816

Additional Details

Third edition of a work originally published in 1794. Ferguson 660.