8vo. [1], 226-280pp, [2]. With an engraved plate and a terminal leaf of publisher’s advertisements. Uncut in original publisher’s pictorial blue wrappers. Rubbed, some loss to spine, contemporary inked ownership inscription of Geo. Stebbing, Agent, Portsmouth, to foot of upper panel. Early ink ownership inscription to head of first page of text, scattered spotting.

A monthly periodical, The Nautical Magazine was first published in 1832. Associated with the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty, the magazine provided reviews of Admiralty charts and publications, articles on hazards to navigation, and reports on maritime surveys. As the century progressed, it documented the Crimean War and the First and Second Opium Wars, the construction of the Suez Canal, and ultimately futile search for Sir John Franklin's lost expedition in search of the North-West Passage.

This issue contains, inter alia, articles on; 'Lights on the Coast of Florida', Black Rock Lighthouse at Liverpool', and 'On the Probable Errors in determining Time'.