China, diplomatic – Staunton, (Sir George, Bt., FRS, LLD), A...

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China, diplomatic – Staunton, (Sir George, Bt., FRS, LLD), An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China; including cursory observations made, and information obtained, in travelling through that ancient empire, and a small part of Chinese Tartary. Together with a relation of the voyage undertaken on the occasion by His Majesty's Ship the Lion, and the ship Hindostan, in the East India Company's service, to the Yellow Sea, and Gulf of Pekin; as well as of their return to Europe; with notices of the several places where they stopped in the their way out and home; being the islands of Madeira, Teneriffe, and St. Jago; the port of Rio de Janeiro in South America; the islands of St. Helena, Tristan d'Acunha, and Amsterdam; the coast of Java, and Sumatra, the Nanka Isles, Pulo Condore, and Cochin-China. Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney, Knight of the Bath, His Majesty's Embassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of China; Sir Erasmus Gower, commander of the expedition, and of other gentlemen in the several departments of the embassy, 3 Vols. two of text with separate folio of plates, London, G. Nicol, 1797, large 4to bound faded maroon morocco over green boards, printed spine labels to Vols. I & II, marked MS on front boards Staunton I and Staunton II, Vol. I: xxxiv + 518pp, engraved frontis of Lord Macartney after Hickey, six engraved plates; Vol. II: xx + 626pp, engr. frontis. of Emperor Tchien Lung, 20 other engr. plates; Vol. III folio volume bound en suite, comprising 44 plates, including maps, some folding, printed title applied to front board, spines faded and some foxing to titles and end pages, ex. lib. Irish Royal College of Surgeons (3)