NAVAL CHARTS -- William FADEN. A Chart of the Atlantic or Western Ocean ... from the latest observations of the English, French and Spanish astronomers wherein is delineated the track of His Majesty's Fleet commanded by the late Viscount Nelson, London: W. Faden, 1807, engraved chart (lightly browned in 2 corners), 600 x 900mm., bound with 8 other naval charts on 10 engraved sheets by Faden, Huddart and Dessiou (occasional dampstaining and browning), mounted on guards, contemporary half calf (worn). Provenance: John Wolfran Cornwall (bookplate). -- A Survey of Plymouth Sound taken in the year 1788 with the breakwater and pier, proposed for sheltering of Plymouth Sound by Messrs. Rennie & Whidbey, 22nd April 1806, manuscript pen and ink and watercolour chart, 478 x 650mm. With a quantity of naval charts, including a bound collection by Michelot and Bremond, and related ephemera. (a lot)

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NAVAL CHARTS -- William FADEN. A Chart of the Atlantic or Western Ocean ... from the latest observations of the English, French and Spanish astronomers wherein is delineated the track of His Majesty's Fleet commanded by the late Viscount Nelson, London: W. Faden, 1807, engraved chart (lightly browned in 2 corners), 600 x 900mm., bound with 8 other naval charts on 10 engraved sheets by Faden, Huddart and Dessiou (occasional dampstaining and browning), mounted on guards, contemporary half calf (worn). Provenance: John Wolfran Cornwall (bookplate). -- A Survey of Plymouth Sound taken in the year 1788 with the breakwater and pier, proposed for sheltering of Plymouth Sound by Messrs. Rennie & Whidbey, 22nd April 1806, manuscript pen and ink and watercolour chart, 478 x 650mm. With a quantity of naval charts, including a bound collection by Michelot and Bremond, and related ephemera. (a lot)

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