MACKENZIE, MURDOCH.

Nautical Descriptions of the West Coast of Great Britain, from Bristol Channel to Cape-Wrath (The most North-western Promontory of Scotland); adapted to the several Charts in the Maritim Survey of the West of Great britain. Containing a particular Account of the Tides, Rocks, Shoals, Channels, Anchoring-Places, and Harbours, along that Coast, with suitable Sailing-Directions interpersed. To which is prefixed the Principal Observations and Measurements, on which the Survey was grounded.

London, Printed for the Author, 1776. Folio. Later hcloth with gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. (4),31 pp. Some scattered brownspots.

First edition. A pioneering work on the hydrogeography of the coasts of Ireland and the west coast of Scotland.

Order-nr.: 54474