Beschreibung:

ELLIS (HENRY) Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China; Comprising a Correct Narrative of the Public Transactions of the Embassy, of the Voyage to and from China, and of the Journey from the Mouth of the Pei-Ho to the Return to Canton, engraved portrait frontispiece, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 3 engraved maps (one folding), extra-illustrated with 6 additional hand-coloured plates by Clarke after Wathen and Brownrigg, title and errata loose, some dampstaining [Abbey Travel 536; Cordier Sinica 2393; Hill 542; Lust 509], John Murray 1817--ABEL (CLARKE) Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, and of a Voyage to and from that Country, in the Years 1816 and 1817, 18 engraved or aquatint plates (of 19, lacking one botanical plate, 8 hand-coloured) 4 engraved maps, errata slip [Abbey Travel 537; Hill 2], Longman, 1818--HALL (BASIL) Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island, half-title 10 engraved or aquatint plates (8 hand-coloured), 5 engraved maps (2 folding) [Abbey Travel 557; Hall 749], John Murray 1818, FIRST EDITIONS, uniformly bound in contemporary calf, gilt morocco lettering label "Ld. Amherst's Embassy to China" on each (one chipped), 3 covers detached, worn 4to (3)