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TURNER, SAMUEL. An Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama, in Tibet; containing a Narrative of a Journey through Bootan, and Part of Tibet. 13 etched or engraved plates; folding engraved map. xxviii, 473, [1] pages. 4to, 293x220 mm, contemporary 1/4 tree sheep, top of spine chipped, cover corners worn through; varying offsetting from plates, contents otherwise generally clean. wide-margined copy. London: W. Bulmer and Co. for G. and W. Nicol, 1800
first edition. "The first eye-witness report on Tibet and Bhutan to be published in English. The book remained the only account of those countries available to English readers until the publication in 1876 of the journals of George Bogle and Thomas Manning. Through the editions that quickly followed in French (1800), German (1801), and Italian (1817), the book had a considerable impact on the European imagination" (ODNB). Yakushi (1994) T277.
