(CHINA) Barrow Sir John Travels in China

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(CHINA.) Barrow, Sir John. Travels in China. 5 hand-colored aquatint plates, 3 uncolored engraved plates, xii, 632 pages. 4to, attractive modern 1/2 calf, spine gilt; small stain and repair to title-page, scattered spotting. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806

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Second edition. "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. In which it is attempted to appreciate the rank that this extraordinary empire may be considered to hold in the scale of civilized nations".