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COLLINS, Captain Greenvile. Great-Britain's Coasting Pilot ... being a new and exact survey of the sea-coast of England and Scotland. London: W. and J.Mount, T.Page and Son, 1756.
2° (550 x 290mm). Engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, dedication to Trinity House, 49 engraved maps and charts, all except 3 on thick paper, including 2 coastal profiles, most double-page, 2 folding, engraved chart in the text, all on later guards. (Occasional light staining, three single leaf charts shaved at outer margin with loss.) Modern half calf. LARGE PAPER DEDICATION COPY. Provenance: Trinity House (armorial bookplate).
2° (550 x 290mm). Engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, dedication to Trinity House, 49 engraved maps and charts, all except 3 on thick paper, including 2 coastal profiles, most double-page, 2 folding, engraved chart in the text, all on later guards. (Occasional light staining, three single leaf charts shaved at outer margin with loss.) Modern half calf. LARGE PAPER DEDICATION COPY. Provenance: Trinity House (armorial bookplate).