THE NEW AMERICAN PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR: BEING AN EPITOME OF NAVIGATION. THE WHOLE EXEMPLIFIED IN A JOURNAL KEPT FROM BOSTON TO MADEIRA, IN WHICH ALL THE RULES OF NAVIGATION ARE INTRODUCED. ILLUSTRATED WITH COPPERPLATES, ENGRAVED BY HOOKER. SECOND EDITION, WITH MANY IMPROVEMENTS.

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Thick 8vo, contemporary calf, spine with black morocco title label, gilt lettering and horizontal rules, the surface somewhat dry and cracked, moderate wear, [xiv], 679pp., with the folding map frontispiece and ten engraved plates. Terminal ad leaf. Light uniform browning to text block, with occasional foxing. Although not nearly as rare as the First Edition of 1802, this edition contains the text of the Appendix of 1804, which, in its original wrappers, sold at the Streeter sale (2007) for $ 6,600.00, with premium. CAMPBELLL #5. DIBNER, Herald of Science #15. GROLIER American 100, #25. HOWES B-657. STREETER SALE VII: 3967. This, remarkably, a Very Good copy. N° de ref. del artículo E-90/46

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