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STAUNTON, George Leonard (1737-1801). An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China ... taken chiefly from the papers of his Excellency the Earl of Macartney, London: by W. Bulmer and Co. for G. Nicol, 1797.
3 volumes including plate volume, text vols. 4° (290 x 220mm.), plate vol. 2° (576 x 415mm.), 2 engraved portrait frontispieces, 7 engraved maps, 5 double-page, 36 plates and plans, one double-page, illustrations (some offsetting, occasional spotting, very slight marginal browning), text bound in contemporary calf, spine lettered in gilt (extremities rubbed), plate volume bound in contemporary half calf and marbled boards (extremites rubbed, corners bumped). Provenance: Lord Clonbrock (armorial bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. Brunet V, 525: "Relation très-intéressante ..."; Cox I, 197: "a most interesting account of Chinese manners and customs at the close of the eighteenth century." (3)
3 volumes including plate volume, text vols. 4° (290 x 220mm.), plate vol. 2° (576 x 415mm.), 2 engraved portrait frontispieces, 7 engraved maps, 5 double-page, 36 plates and plans, one double-page, illustrations (some offsetting, occasional spotting, very slight marginal browning), text bound in contemporary calf, spine lettered in gilt (extremities rubbed), plate volume bound in contemporary half calf and marbled boards (extremites rubbed, corners bumped). Provenance: Lord Clonbrock (armorial bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. Brunet V, 525: "Relation très-intéressante ..."; Cox I, 197: "a most interesting account of Chinese manners and customs at the close of the eighteenth century." (3)
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