An Authentic Account Of An Embassy From The King Of Great Britain To The Emperor Of China Including

by Sir George Staunton Samuel Seymour Text By Engravings By

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Philadelphia: Robert Campbell, 1799. First American edition. Hardcover. Large octavo 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 . xxiii, 1 , 297, 1 pp Vol. 1 ; 267, 1 , xxivpp Vol. 2 . Modern brown cloth, with gold lettered leather title label to spine. Engraved frontispiece to both volumes. Lacking the separately printed atlas, as usual.First American edition of this official report on the British Macartney Embassy to China that

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