SIR GEORGE LEONARD STAUNTON (1737-1801)
SIR GEORGE LEONARD STAUNTON (1737-1801) An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. London: W. Bulmer and Co. for G. Nicol, 1797. 2 text vols only, 4° (293 x 226mm). Engraved portrait frontispieces of Emperor Tchien Lung and the Earl of Macartney, engraved botanical plate, with further illustrations in the text. (Occasional very light spotting, six preliminary leaves to vol. I more severely affected, without the atlas.) Handsome contemporary red straight-grain morocco gilt, spine lettered in gilt, all edges gilt (spines darkened, extremities slightly rubbed and occasional scuff marks to boards). Provenance : neat ownership inscription to front free endpapers. HANDSOMELY BOUND FIRST EDITION of the text of the official account of the Macartney Embassy to the Imperial Court of Emperor Chien-lung written by the Ambassador's deputy, one of two hundred academics and diplomats who were supported on the mission by five hundred sailors and staff. Cordier Sinica , 2382; Cox I, p.344; Brunet V, 525 ('Relation trés-intèresante'); Howgego I, M2.'); Howgego I, M2. (2)
SIR GEORGE LEONARD STAUNTON (1737-1801)
SIR GEORGE LEONARD STAUNTON (1737-1801) An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. London: W. Bulmer and Co. for G. Nicol, 1797. 2 text vols only, 4° (293 x 226mm). Engraved portrait frontispieces of Emperor Tchien Lung and the Earl of Macartney, engraved botanical plate, with further illustrations in the text. (Occasional very light spotting, six preliminary leaves to vol. I more severely affected, without the atlas.) Handsome contemporary red straight-grain morocco gilt, spine lettered in gilt, all edges gilt (spines darkened, extremities slightly rubbed and occasional scuff marks to boards). Provenance : neat ownership inscription to front free endpapers. HANDSOMELY BOUND FIRST EDITION of the text of the official account of the Macartney Embassy to the Imperial Court of Emperor Chien-lung written by the Ambassador's deputy, one of two hundred academics and diplomats who were supported on the mission by five hundred sailors and staff. Cordier Sinica , 2382; Cox I, p.344; Brunet V, 525 ('Relation trés-intèresante'); Howgego I, M2.'); Howgego I, M2. (2)
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