Mackay, The complete navigator, 1804, presentation and dedication copy

MACKAY, ANDREW (1758-1809)

The complete navigator. London: T.N. Longman and O. Rees [&c.], 1804

FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed to the Duke of Clarence [later King William IV] and dated 17 September 1804, 8vo (212 x 125mm.), 7 engraved plates, 3pp. advertisements at end, modern red morocco-backed boards, some offsetting from plates, lacking half-title

Entirely self-taught, the author earned his living teaching mathematics, geography, navigation, and surveying, initially in Aberdeen, latterly in London, at a school in George Street, Trinity Square. Mackay published several works on navigation and mathematics, some of which went to second editions.

LITERATURE:

Tomash & Williams M9

PROVENANCE:

Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews (1765-1837), later King William IV, presentation inscription

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