STAUNTON, GEORGE LEONARD, Sir. An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. . . taken chiefly from the Papers of . . . the Earl of Macartney. Engraved frontispieces; botanical plate. 2 (of 3) volumes; without the atlas. 4to, contemporary diced russia gilt; contemporary inscription in upper margin of Volume 1 title, contents otherwise quite clean. handsome set. London: W. Bulmer and Co. for G. Nicol, 1798
Official account of the first British embassy to China, under Lord Macartney, originally published the year before. Cordier (Sinica) 2381-83; Hill 1628; Lust 545 (all citing the original edition).
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