Two Late 18th Century Nautical Charts of the English Channel

Both hand-colored copperplate engravings, each as follows: De La Rochette, L. A Chart of the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, Sark, Herm and Alderney; With the Adjacent Coast of France (London: W. Faden, 1781) (31 x 22.75 in.); Diquemare, Abbe and De La Rochette, L. A Chart of the British Channel and the Bay of Biscay With a Part of the North Sea, and the Entrance of St. George's Channel (London: W. Faden, 1796) (38 x 23in.).

The Jersey map with marginal damp stains and small split at top edge; the Channel map with loss to lower right corner and some splits to edges.