An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China; . ... Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney, ... Sir Erasmus Gower, ...
Sir George Leonard Staunton (1737-1801)
Category
Books
Date
1797
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 3011267
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. . ill.., ports.. . 4to.. Without the accompanying third volume of plates.. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate in ech vol.: G.H.D. Pennant [i.e.: George Hay Dawkins-Pennant (1764-1840)].. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled sheepskin bindings; gilt foliate roll on board edges; blind roll on turn-ins; spines have recessed cords, gilt roll decoration, and red title and green vol. no. labels.
Makers and roles
Sir George Leonard Staunton (1737-1801)