BARROW. TRAVELS IN CHINA. 1804

FIRST EDITION, 4to (265 x 209mm.), 8 aquatint or engraved plates (2 double-page, 5 hand-coloured), modern red half morocco gilt, by Lewis and Harris of Bath, new endpapers, frontispiece trimmed at foot, minor tears and marginal loss (3N and 3N4 slightly shorter than other leaves), occasional spotting and staining

William? St. John, signature on title-page

Hill (2004) 62; Abbey, Travel 531; Löwendahl 724

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
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"One of the best illustrated English travels on China" (Hill).