Some Account of the Public Life, and a Selection from the Unpublished Writings, of the Earl of Macartney. [In two volumes]
London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1807. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Pp. xii, 608; [iv,] 531. Vol. I frontis. engraved portrait. In original boards covered in blue paper with backstrips mostly lacking and boards detached, foxing and mellowed creases to margins of outer leaves, edges rubbed, scattered foxing, shaken. Vol. II many leaves uncut. Clamshell case covered in blue cloth. Good- / Clamshell case near fine. Item #11324
Includes an account of the first British Embassy to China in 1792, where Macartney was accompanied by Barrow. LUST: 501, CORDIER: 2391.
Price: $250.00
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