ELLIS, Sir Henry (1777-1869). Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China. London: John Murray 1817.
ELLIS, Sir Henry (1777-1869). Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China. London: John Murray 1817. 4 o (271 x 215 mm). Errata leaf. Etched portrait, 3 engraved maps (one folding), and 7 hand-colored aquatint plates (slight browning and staining, short tear to folding map). Late 19th-century half calf, marbled boards (rubbed). FIRST EDITION of this entertaining account of Lord Amherst's embassy to the Chinese Emperor which ended in failure owing to Amherst's refusal to greet the Emperor with the traditional "kow-tow" (lying prone and banging the head nine times upon the ground). Abbey Travel 536; Cordier Sinica 2393; Tooley 208.
ELLIS, Sir Henry (1777-1869). Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China. London: John Murray 1817.
ELLIS, Sir Henry (1777-1869). Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China. London: John Murray 1817. 4 o (271 x 215 mm). Errata leaf. Etched portrait, 3 engraved maps (one folding), and 7 hand-colored aquatint plates (slight browning and staining, short tear to folding map). Late 19th-century half calf, marbled boards (rubbed). FIRST EDITION of this entertaining account of Lord Amherst's embassy to the Chinese Emperor which ended in failure owing to Amherst's refusal to greet the Emperor with the traditional "kow-tow" (lying prone and banging the head nine times upon the ground). Abbey Travel 536; Cordier Sinica 2393; Tooley 208.
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