Murdoch Mackenzie, the elder (1712-1797/99)

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Lot 68 | Murdoch Mackenzie, the elder (1712-1797/99)
Murdoch Mackenzie, the elder (1712-1797/99)
Orcades: or a Geographical and Hydrographic Survey of the Orkney and Lewis Islands in eight maps. London: Printed for the Author, 1750.
First edition of Mackenzie's survey of the Orkney and Lewis islands, the charts hand-coloured in outline. After surveying all the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland, Mackenzie became Admiralty Surveyor. Shirley BL M.MAC-1a.

Large folio (630 x 418mm). Letterpress title, 2pp. list of subscribers, 14pp. sailing directions, 8 double-page or folding engraved charts by Emanuel Bowen, charts II-V and VII-VIII with contemporary outline hand-colouring (offsetting and browning to charts). Contemporary calf (rebacked, rubbed).
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