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BARROW, John. Travels in China, containing descriptions, observations, and comparisons, made and collected in the course of a short residence at the imperial palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a subsequent journey through the country from Pekin to Canton, London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1804, 4° (258 x 205mm.), FIRST EDITION, 4 engraved plates and 4 hand-coloured aquatints by T. Medland after W. Alexander (title lightly soiled, lower margin of F3 torn away, lightly browned or spotted throughout), contemporary half calf (joints broken but cords holding). [Abbey Travel 531; Lust Western Books on China 365; Tooley 84]

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BARROW, John. Travels in China, containing descriptions, observations, and comparisons, made and collected in the course of a short residence at the imperial palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a subsequent journey through the country from Pekin to Canton, London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1804, 4° (258 x 205mm.), FIRST EDITION, 4 engraved plates and 4 hand-coloured aquatints by T. Medland after W. Alexander (title lightly soiled, lower margin of F3 torn away, lightly browned or spotted throughout), contemporary half calf (joints broken but cords holding). [Abbey Travel 531; Lust Western Books on China 365; Tooley 84]

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