Extremely rare first edition of a pilot guide for parts of the Caribbean

[West India - Pilot Guide]. The West India Directory. Volume I. Containing Directions for Navigating the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico; with a Description of the Coast of Colombia, Yucatan, Mexico, and Florida, and the adjacent Islands and Shoals.

€ 1,950.00

Extremely rare first edition (with an appendix printed in 1857, so perhaps reissued at that time) of a pilot guide for parts of the Caribbean, stating explicitly that there is still no adequate information for all parts. Although it calls itself volume 1, it is not clear that any of the various publications under the title "The West India Directory" was intended as a companion volume to the present one. It clearly covers different content than "The West India Directory" published by John William Norie in 1827.

With library stamps of the Marinens Bibliothek, Copenhagen (the library of the Danish Royal Navy): in gold in the centre of the front board and in ink on the title-page. Head of spine cracked, front hinge weak, corners bumped, front endpapers loose, but still in good condition.