Journal of proceedings of the late embassy to China; a correct narrative of the public transactions of the embassy, of the voyage to and from China, and of the journey from the mouth of Pei-ho to the return of Canton. Interspersed with observations upon the face of the country, the polity, moral character, and manners of the Chinese nation. The whole illustrated by maps and drawings. By Henry Ellis, Third Commissioner of the Embassy.
Sir Henry Ellis (1788-1855)
Category
Books
Date
1817
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 3082591
Summary
Bibliographic description
[3],iv-vii,[2],2-526,[2]p., [11] plates (1 folding) . 4to.. Not indigenous.. Provenance: Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on pastedown in Norris's hand: Castle Howard. H. [i.e. Hodgson's] 4/2 '44 Lot 352.. Binding: Nineteenth-century full calf; blind tools within triple gilt fillet to form a border; spine tooled in gilt and blind; gilt spine title "Lord Amherst's Embassy to China"; sewn on four raised bands.
Makers and roles
Sir Henry Ellis (1788-1855), author