A Treatise on Nautical Surveying: containing an outline of the duties of the naval surveyor: with cases applied to naval evolutions and miscellaneous rules and tables useful to the seaman or traveller, by Commander Edward Belcher.

First and only edition of this important practical manual for Royal Navy surveyors, written by Commander Edward Belcher, one of the foremost British hydrographers of the nineteenth century.

The work covers the full duties of the naval surveyor, together with naval evolutions, navigational tables, and practical rules for seamen and travellers. Complete with all ten engraved folding plates and charts, and one folding table. Provenance: from the library of Geoffrey Chapman Ingleton (1881–1951), the distinguished Australian maritime historian and cartographic scholar, with his bookplate on front pastedown. A clean complete copy, of a scarce and practically important work.

pp. [i–iv], 1 folding table, 1–290; 10 engraved folding plates/charts. Published by Pelham Richardson, Cornhill, 1835. Royal Octavo, 260mm x 170mm, bound in later half black morocco over grey cloth boards; spine with gilt-lettered red morocco title label, gilt ruled bands, date ‘1835’ gilt at foot. Boards clean; spine leather with light surface scuffing. Front pastedown with ex libris of G. & N. Ingleton on inside front cover.