Mount Page, First Edition (7 results)

No binding. Condition: Fair. 455 x 575 mm., with recent outline and wash colour, with extended margins and wormhole repair lower centrefold, otherwise in good condition. A large-scale sea chart of the southern portion of South America below 15 degrees south latitude. This records San Salvador on the Brazilian coast and Lima on the west coast. It extends southwards to record Tierra del Fuego. The only internal detail delineated is the region from Lake Titicaca to the silver mountain of Potosi. Richard Mount (1654-1722) was apprenticed to William Fisher and married his daughter Sarah in 1682. Two years later Fisher and Mount formed a partnership. Their early sea atlas publications like their competitors were similarly entitled and included the 'Atlas Maritimus'. Mount's own apprentice Thomas Page (fl.1700-d.1733) joined him in 1698. One of their earliest publications is the 'Atlas Maritimus Novus' in 1702 published in a further edition in 1708. Only two examples of the first edition can be traced: the Library of Congress and the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. That first edition contained this new chart. It has not been identified in any edition of the Fourth Part of the English Pilot which was devoted to America making this an extremely rare chart. Richard Mount was born in 1654 and died 29 June 1722 after being kicked in the leg by a cart horse on London Bridge. The firm of Mount and Page continued for over a century publishing sea charts. The British Prime Minister David Cameron is a direct descendant of the Mount family. Provenance: Jonathan Potter 2000; Juan and Peggy Rada Collection. Sanderson NMM (1971) 403 no. 33; Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. A SHIPBOARD COPY OF THE ENGLISH PILOT USED BY AMERICAN CAPTAINS IN THE EARLY REPUBLIC -- FROM THE LIBRARY OF JOHN GOLDEN. London: J. Mount, T. Page, W. Mount and T. Page, 1780. Thirty-third edition (Verner). Folio (18 ¾" x 12 5/16", 477mm x 312mm). [Full collation available.] With 25 engraved charts, of which 8 are double, 12 folding and 4 integral with the text; and many woodcut charts and coastal profiles integral with the text. Bound in contemporary speckled sheep (re-backed) with a blind roll border. On the spine, five raised bands. Title green to red sheep in the second panel. All edges of the text-block sprinkled brown. Re-backed and re-cornered. A large (9 3/4", 250mm diameter) scorch-ring to the front board with soiling generally. Joints strengthened with Japanese paper, along with some similar repairs to the edges of a handful of leaves. Internally tanned and offset, with a little foxing and soiling. A few splits to the mapsheets, two with repairs. Large filled losses to the first and rear free end-papers. Ink ownership inscription of "John Tremells his Book Dated at Sea 1791/ Jno Tremells Cap.t Caleb Hathaway Master of the Brig Nancy" as well as verse, sums, lists, pen trials etc. to the rear binder's blank and end-papers (see below). Presented with two manuscript fragments (one a receipt from Tremells). Books of coastal charts and profiles had been published by the Dutch since the XVIc. Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer was the pioneer of the genre, such that "Waggoner" became the English term for coastal atlases, an early proprietary eponym. The English, great XVIIc enemies of the Dutch, began to catch up with John Seller's English Pilot series, beginning in 1671. Seller was named in that year hydrographer to Charles II, and began in earnest to chart the coasts of Britain (the first book), the Continent (the second), the Orient (third), America (fourth, first published 1689) and Africa (fifth). Cumming in his British Maps of Colonial America calls it "the first significant collection of charts exclusively of the American coasts to be published in England. . . The English Pilot: The Fourth Book must have been a godsend. . . to the navigator of American waters in that period, it was his Bible. Whatever its shortcomings, there was really no substitute, no real competitor, for over sixty years" (p. 39). Coolie Verner published "A carto-bibliographical study of The English Pilot. The Fourth Book" (1960), in which he traced 37 editions -- modern bibliographers might call some of them issues -- of a shifting and growing work that was published for over a century (the final edition was in 1794). From the 18 charts of the first edition the present work has grown to 25. Bibliographers are keen to assert the rarity of the work, though that is not entirely borne out by the market. That said, of this 1780 edition, there are just 9 examples in institutional collections per OCLC. What distinguishes the present volume is the rich set of annotations by an early owner: John Tremells, an American sailor active in the 1790's and 1800's, who received and doubtless used the volume while at sea. The ownership inscription may indicate that it was given to Tremells by Captain Caleb Hathaway, master of the brig Nancy in 1795. By 1798 Tremells was commanding the schooner Swift as a merchantman in the "Quasi-War" between the U.S. and France, principally over Caribbean maritime rights, which was a turning-point in the buildup of the U.S. Navy. Indeed, it seems that Hathaway -- and perhaps Tremells as well -- was in Philadelphia; several of their circle corresponded with Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. Arader has acquired the present volume twice: first at Swann (6 December 2007, lot 20) and again at the Sotheby's New York sale of John Golden (22 November 2022, lot 39); Golden purchased the book from Arader in October 2010. Verner, A carto-bibliographical study of The English Pilot. The Fourth Book 33.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Most Important Navigational Aid of the 18th Century for the Royal Navy" The English pilot for the southern navigation: Describing the sea-coasts, capes, headlands, bays, roads, harbours, rivers and ports. on the coast of England, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Flanders, Spain, Portugal, to the Streight's-Mouth; with the coasts of Barbary, and off to the Canary, Madeira, Cape de Verde and Western-Islands Rare first volume of the important series the English pilot, which was the most important navigational aid of the 18th Century. This part describing the British Isles down to the North Atlantic coast of Africa including the Azores and Canary Islands. London, W. & J. Mount and T. Page & Son, 1758 Large folio (48 x 31 cm). Original calf re-backed [1],92. With 23 (of 24) charts - 17 double page, 4 folding and 2 in text. Missing chart 5 (Sea Coast of England Scotland and Ireland). Light browning and some foxing throughout. Chart 3 (Scotland) slightly trimmed at the top. Rare first part (of 6) of the English Pilot with 23 engraved charts and numerous woodcut coastal profiles in the text. The first chart of the edition of 1729 "A Draught of the Sands." replaced by a chart of "The River of Thames from London to the Buoy Provenance: Old owners name "M. Fortescue" inscribed on top margin of title page. £4000.

Uncoloured; expertly restored and backed with archivist tissue, with some loss of printed area, now reinstated in manuscript, trimmed close along the bottom edge close to printed line border, slightly soiled and water stained, now presentable and priced accordingly. A chart of the Caribbean Islands used by English navigators during the latter part of the 17th century and the first half of the 18th century. It was published in The English Pilot, Book IV, the first English, navigational atlas specifically devoted to American waters. This chart appeared in the first edition of this atlas in 1689 and in later editions through 1749. North is to the right on the chart, which provides the locations of anchorages and indicates shoals and wrecks. Shows the islands from Porto Rico to Trinidad. The chart has undergone some expert restoration and this is reflected in the price.

No binding. Condition: Good. 'THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION OF CHARTS EXCLUSIVELY OF THE AMERICAN COASTS TO BE PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND'. Folio (475 x 305 mm.), full contemporary calf, blind panelled, rebacked with raised bands, blank endpapers. With typographic title page (hole repaired), pp. (2), 66, pages 1 & 2 misnumbered but text is contiguous, with 29 maps (1 duplicated with some loss of one corner), of which 10 are folding and 9 are set within the text, numerous woodcut coastal profiles throughout, in good condition. 'THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION OF CHARTS EXCLUSIVELY OF THE AMERICAN COASTS TO BE PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND'.The series ofÂ'English Pilot'Âbooks commenced in 1671 at the hand of John Seller, whose charts derived from the Dutch pilot books of Pieter Goos. 'Seller'sÂ'English Pilot'Âinitiated the independent production of pilot books in England which ultimately overcame Dutch predominance' (Koeman, IV, p. xiii). 'For British trading in North America and for the colonists there, the publication ofÂ'The English Pilot: The Fourth Book' must have been a godsend. For the first time an English sea atlas presented charts of the whole eastern seacoast of North America. To modern eyes the charts are crude and sparse of detail; but to the navigator of American waters in that period, it was his Bible. Whatever its shortcomings, there was really no substitute, no real competitor, for over sixty years' (Cumming).This work was in such high demand that 37 editions were published from 1689 to 1794, as were three pirated editions. During the history of publication, the charts went through numerous changes, starting with the 18 charts in the first edition, new and replacement charts were added regularly. Verner notes that 64 different chart titles have been recorded from the editions he examined. Due to its practical nature and use, copies of all editions are quite rare. This edition is published at the conclusion of the French and Indian War. Only three examples are recorded in the English Short Title Catalogue: Bowdoin College, Dalhousie University and Yale University. Indeed, this edition has not been seen in auction since 1956.The 'English Pilot' was the first completely English sea atlas and the 'West-India Navigation' the first English sea atlas of the Americas. It was the 'bible' for mariners trading in American waters. This edition of 1763 was the last that bore the imprint of William Mount who retired in the same year, he died in 1769. The 1760's was a period of change for the atlas in that some maps were retired and new ones introduced. Using Verner's collations, four charts appear to be new to this edition including the 'New and Correct Chart of Cuba, Streights of Bahama â¦' It appears that 3 maps were dropped for this edition, two of them are old plates first issued in 1721 and a version of the even earlier Edmund Halley plate of the Atlantic Ocean. All editions of the 'English Pilot' are rare, and because of the demand for North American material the 'Fourth Book' particularly so. Charts of interest include the two-sheet reduction of eight sheet marine atlas by Cyprian Southack (1662-1745) was a sea captain based in Boston, a privateer and mapmaker. It was the first marine atlas produced in America. Mark Tiddeman's charts of New York harbour and the 'Draught of Virginia'.Provenance: with inscription on the title page of 'Peter Weston Book 1795'; acquired July 2000 for a private English collection. Refer Burden (2007) 660; Cumming (1979) p. 39; Cumming & De Vorsey (1998) 144; ESTC N47591; McCorkle (2001) 731.1; Verner (1957); Verner (1967); Wooldridge (2012) nos. 89 & 94.

A fine example of Thornton\'s chart of the coast of British Colonial North America, which was the standard used by English sailors for almost a century. The map first appeared in 1689 in the first edition of The English Pilot, The Fourth Book. A second edition of the chart was then created in 1749., Size : 480x595 (mm), 18.90x23.43 (Inches), Black & White Very Good, usual wear at the folds. Mounted on Acid Free Tissue paper for long term preservation.

1st Edition. Folio (18 4/8 x 12 4/8 inches). 11 large folding engraved charts, 11 double-page and 4 full-page charts, numerous woodcut coastal profiles and vignettes in the text (a bit browned). Contemporary speckled calf (rebacked to style, extremities a bit worn). Provenance: with the ownership inscription of William Willding dated 1768 on the front free endpaper; gift inscription of to Thomas Pugh from his mother at the head of the title-page dated 1906. "THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION OF CHARTS EXCLUSIVELY OF THE AMERICAN COASTS TO BE PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND" (Cumming) Of the sixty-four separate chart titles noted by Verner this copy contains large folding charts of ".the Western and Southern Oceans", " . the Coast of New Foundland from Cape Raze to Cape Bonavista.", ". the Coast of New-England, from Cape Codd to Casco Bay", "Virginia, Maryland, Pennsilvania, East & West New Jarsey", ".Hispaniola", the West Indies, "Cuba, Streights of Bahama, Windward Passage, the Current through the Gulf of Florida.", "Jamaica.", ". the Coast of Guyana, from the Entrance of the river Orinoco. to the Entrance of the River Amazon", ".the Trading Part of the West Indies", ".the Gulf of Darien & the Coast to Porto Bello with Panama in the South Sea & the Scotch Settlement in Calledonia". The double-page charts are of the "North part of America from New Found Land to Hudson's Bay", ".The West Indies", ".The Western Ocean", ".the Sea Coast of New Foundland, New Scotland, New England, New Jersey with Virginia and Maryland", "The Harbour of Casco Bay and Islands Adjacent", ".part of the Sea Coast of New Foundland from the Bay of Bulls to Little Placentia", "A Draught of New York from the Hook to New York Town", "A Draught of Virginia.", ". the Island of St. Christophers.", "A Large Draught of South Caroline from Cape Roman to Port Royall", ".the Caribee Islands"; and the full-page charts are of Barbados, Antigua, Bay of Matanzas, and Bermuda. The series of English Pilot books was started in 1671 by John Seller, whose charts derived from the Dutch pilot books of Pieter Goos. "Seller's English Pilot initiated the independent production of pilot books in England which ultimately overcame Dutch predominance" (Koeman). The work was so popular that 37 editions were published from 1689-1794, with the number of charts varying from 18 in the first edition to 26 in the last. "For British trading in North America and for the colonists there, the publication of The English Pilot: The Fourth Book must have been a godsend. For the first time an English sea atlas presented charts of the whole eastern seacoast of North America. To modern eyes the charts are crude and sparse of detail; but to the navigator of American waters in that period, it was his Bible. Whatever its shortcomings, there was really no substitute, no real competitor, for over sixty years" (William P. Cumming, British Maps of Colonial America, Chicago & London 1974, p.39). (William P. Cumming, British Maps of Colonial America, Chicago & London 1974, p.39). Catalogued by Kate Hunter.