An Authentic Account Of An Embassy From The King Of Great Britain To The Emperor Of China: Including Cursory Observations Made, And Information ... Part Of Chinese Tartary : Together With A... by Staunton, Sir George

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

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Dublin: Printed by P. Wogan ... et al., 1798. Hardcover. Octavo, Volume 1 only: xv, 449 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is brown with gold print on red banner. Boards in brown leather. Wear to spine caps with tear to spine head, corners worn and exposed, some warping, cracks to leather on spine. Text block front flyleaf torn at hinge, faint foxing throughout. Illustrated: b&w plates (engravings). Note: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Section. 1376886. FP New Rockville Stock.

London: Printed By W. Bulmer and Co. for G. Nicol. VG. 1798. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Hardbacks in Very Good condition without dust jackets. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 517, 626 pages. Includes only volume 1 and volume 2, lacks folio atlas volume. Bound in full leather. Ownership bookplates to front pastedowns; front board hinges repaired and front boards reattached to bindings. Minor page foxing mostly limited to endpapers; some light rubbing to edges . Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information. .

Philadelphia: Robert Campbell, 1799. First American edition. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Large octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2"). xxiii, [1], 297, [1]pp (Vol. 1); 267, [1], xxivpp (Vol. 2). Modern brown cloth, with gold lettered leather title label to spine. Engraved frontispiece to both volumes. Lacking the separately printed atlas, as usual. First American edition of this official report on the British Macartney Embassy to China that took place between 1792 and 1794. It was written after the return to England by the Secretary to the mission Sir George Leonard Staunton, 1st Baronet (1737-1801), based on his own observations and notes from other crewmembers, including his twelve-year-old son Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd Baronet. "The account offers rich insights into the beginnings of British Imperialism in China and thus makes it an important primary source for the historiography of Sino-Western relations. There is an academic dispute whether the account marks a sudden turning point in British-Chinese… Read More

Pall Mall, London.: printed by W. Bulmer & Co. for G. Nicol, bookseller to His Majesty,. 1798.. Second corrected edition. Three volumes-- two text volumes 29.4 x 23 cms, and a folio atlas 57 x 44 cms, the text volumes lacking the frontispieces, but otherwise complete with 27 engravings (one, of the Camellia Sasanqua full-page): [iii]-xxxiv, 518 pages and [iii]-xx, 626 pages (including two Appendices), the folio atlas complete with 44 maps and full-page plates, (including one folding chart and 6 double-page maps); the text volumes in contemporary gilt-ruled calf (a little scuffed), re-backed, the folio in modern half calf, the hinges of each volume strengthened with olive binders' tape, a few leaves in the text volumes a little age-toned, three plates in the text volumes rather spotted and 6 of the charts with a marginal tide-mark (three strengthened with a neat paper repair to the verso), but otherwise the set in very good, clean condition. With the armorial bookplate of soldier and Whig politician… Read More