Copperplate engraving, on four uncut sheets, each approximately 590 x 510 mm. A fine example. [Edinburgh : His Majesty’s Customs], 1785, 1785.
Rare four-sheet chart of the central part of the north-eastern coast of Scotland from Duncansby Head (John O’Groats) south to Helmsdale, and then the coast from Findhorn and Kinloss round to Petershead.
This chart is one of a sequence commissioned by Customs and Excise from John Ainslie, the foremost surveyor in private practice in Scotland at this time.
