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Staunton, George.
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description
- An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. London: W. Bulmer and Co. for G. Nicol, 1797
- paper
First edition, 3 volumes (2 volumes text and atlas), 4to (335 x 260mm.) and folio (590 x 425mm.), atlas with 44 engraved plates and maps, some folding, text with engraved frontispieces, one plate and illustrations in text, original cloth-backed boards, text uncut, [Löwendahl 697; Cordier, Sinica 2381-3; Lust 545 & 547], a few library stamps of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, some plates spotted or with browning to old folds, frontispieces and titles rather spotted and soiled (one frontispiece torn without loss), bindings worn, most covers detached
Catalogue Note
The official account of Lord Macartney's voyage and embassy to the Qianlong emperor in 1792-94. The text volumes in this set are uncut and have wide margins.