£1,300
GREENWOOD, Jonathan - The Sailing and Fighting Instructions or Signals As they are Observed in the Royal Navy of Great Britain : Size : 149 x 77 mm. Engraved title-page, (ii)(dedication) page, 59 engraved leaves showing 139 signals hand coloured, 5 leaves of ''Signalls in a Fogg'' and one other, cont. plain calf worn. No date early 18th cent. Soiling smudging, amateur sketches mainly on the versos, various graffiti on inside covers. Believed to lack an engraved portrait frontispiece, in general used condition as would be expected. Thought to be the earliest printed signal book in the English language* sold with all faults not subject to return
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