The English Pilot - England, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Flanders, Spain, Portugal - 1758 15th century E8 ad sextam

E8 ad sextam

- Fair condition overall

Above this is the Crest of the British crown

The Illuminated letter "G" signifies the start of the Introitus chant "Gaudeamus omnes in Domino" (Let us all rejoice in the Lord) which is used for the Mass on the Feast of All Saints or the most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary

an artist who accompanied the expedition

The English Pilot - England, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Flanders, Spain, Portugal - 1758 15th century E8 ad sextam"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" London, W. & J. Mount and T. Page & Son, 1758 Large folio (48 x 31 cm). Original calf rebacked [1],92 With 23 (of 24)