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(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
[300/500]
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(SCOTLAND.) Sommers, Thomas.
Lineal Representative . . . exhibiting the
Solemnities, and Ceremonies . . . of the Scots Parliament, before the Union with
England
[caption title]. 3 engraved leaves, each with 3 tiers showing the procession *
Sommers and Kincaid. . . .
these plates exhibiting the Funeral Solemnities observed
at the Internment of his Grace John Duke of Rothes
[caption title]. 4 engraved leaves,
each with 3 tiers showing the procession. Together, 2 volumes in one. Bound with—12
mounted view plates from John Slezer’s Theatrum Scotiae, 6 of them trimmed to the neat
line and extracted from the 1693 London edition and the remaining 6 from a later or facsimile
edition. Oblong folio, early cloth, covers loose and backstrip lacking; early and progressive
ownership inscriptions on the front pastedown tracing the volume from the Right Hon. Lord
Charles Kerr, Master of the Chancery in Scotland to various of his descendants.
[Edinburgh], circa 1769; Np, circa 1780; London, 1693 and later
[800/1,200]
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