[NAVIGATION] THE SEAMAN'S DAILY ASSISTANT, BEING A SHORT, EASY, AND PLAIN METHOD OF KEEPING A JOURNAL AT SEA, IN WHICH ARE CONTAINED RULES ... [WITH] A TABLE OF DIFFERENCE IN LATITUDE AND DEPARTURE [WITH] A JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FROM ENGLAND TOWARDS MADEIRA [WITH] A NEW SET OF LOGARITHMIC SOLAR TABLES ... by Thomas Haselden~~~~~~~~~~ - 1780

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London: J. Mount and T. Page, 1787. Later edition [1787], first published in 1722. Illustrated throughout with diagrams and charts, several pages of tables, folding Mercator chart at front. Three quarter brown calf over marbled boards, dark brown gilt lettered spine label, five raised spine bands with gilt stamped compartments, [8], 162 pages plus folding chart. Covers well rubbed and unevenly darkened, some light surface cracking to the joints but covers well attached, closed tear to inner margin of the chart, not affecting printed area, with many extra creases and folds to the chart, pages good to very good with even age-toning and dampstains to the outer edge and lower corners of the first several leaves. A sound and fairly attractive copy.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, Printed: Philadelphia, Re-printed: J. Crukshank, 1777.. [8],160pp. Small quarto. Contemporary calf. Hinges neatly reinforced, boards a bit rubbed and shelfworn. Contemporary ownership signatures of Daniel Henderson on front endpapers and titlepage. Light, even tanning; an occasional bit of marginal staining. Very good. First American edition of this work, and the first book regarding practical navigation to be printed in the United States. It appeared fully twenty years before any other similar work in America. ESTC locates a total of only seven copies (CSmH, CtY, DLC, MWA, RPJCB, MiU-C, NN). Haselden was a prolific writer of guides for navigators and seamen, best known for his work concerning Mercator's chart and its uses. When the present work first appeared in 1722, he styled himself "Teacher of Mathematics...in the Royal Navy," and he was held in sufficiently high regard to be elected to the Royal Society in 1740, but he died before he could be installed as a Fellow. The present work… Read More