A VOYAGE TO COCHINCHINA IN THE YEARS 1792 & 1793. ContainingThe Valuable Product

London 1806, Cadell. Recent full red leather, very good, 20 color aquatints, 2 folding maps, 1 mended,index, 447p.,small folio: 21.5 x 28 cm., contents clean, a few small fox marks, else firm & very solid, with tissue guards. FIRST EDITION *** *** *** . . . . THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE BOOK ON VIETNAM, 1806 . . . LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED WITH 20 HAND-COLORED AQUATINT PLATES . . . FIRST AND ONLY EDITION *** . This is the historic record of a voyage from England describing the British embassy of Lord Macartney to China. The work documents the voyage and the stops along the way, with a historic and first British official visit to Vietnam with stunning engravings of the Vietnamese & Vietnam. . This sumptuous work is beautifully bound in full leather, complete with all of its copper-etched hand-colored aquatint engravings, two are large folding maps, index, as issued. . *** SUBTITLE: continued: "... of the Manners, Character, and Condition of their Several Inhabitants. To Which is Annexed an Account of a Journey, made in the Years 1801 and 1802, to the Residence of the Chief of the Booshuana Nation, Being the Remotest Point in the Interior of Southern Africa to which Europeans Have Hitherto Penetrated. The Facts & Descriptions Taken from a Manuscript Journal. With a Chart of the Route. Illustrated and Embellished with Several Engravings by Medland, Coloured after the Original Drawings by Mr. Alexander & Mr. Daniell." . *** . THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED ENGLISH LANGUAGE WORK ON VIETNAM: This superb primary resource is the first book in the English language on early Vietnam. [See Hill below]. . It is a Rare and important early primary source for Annam. Da Nang [South Vietnam], S.E. Asia, and is the first lavishly illustrated English work on Vietnam. The voyage also covers Brazil, and Africa, Indonesia, on the way to China. . * This is the outward portion of Lord Macartney's historic voyage to China. They also visited Madeira, Teneriffe, Rio, Tristan de Cunha, Java and of course south Vietnam. With extensive description of Jakarta, Da Nang [Vietnam]. The work is superbly illustrated with hand colored aquatint plates by S. Daniell. . Please see us for other rare titles concerning Lord Macartney's embassy to China, early works about Cochin-Chine, Tongking, Annam, Vietnam, China & South East Asia. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** REFERENCES: . Sabin 3657 * Abbey Travel 514."The aquatinting is of excellent quality." * H. Cordier.: BIBLIOTHECA SINICA, 2388-2389 . H. Cordier.: BIBLIOTHECA INDOSINICA, 2424 * Tooley 86. * Mendelssohn I,p.89. * Hill 66 *** .