An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China; . ... Together with a relation of the voyage undertaken on the occasion by His Majesty's ship the Lion, and the ship Hindostan, in the East India Company's service, ... Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney, ... Sir Erasmus Gower, ... By Sir George Staunton, ... In two volumes, with engravings; beside a folio volume of plates.
Sir George Leonard Staunton (1737-1801)
Category
Books
Date
1798
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3123805
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v., plates . ill.. (ports.., maps) . 4to.. 12.B.6.13-14 are the quarto text volumes, 28.A.3.2 is the folio plates volume. Binding: Quarto text volumes: Twentieth-century half vellum binding; green grained cloth over boards; lettered on front flyleaf: "Birdsall & Son Northampton"; spine gilt decorated and lettered: "Embassy to China. Staunton. Vol. I. [-II.] 1798"; Folio plates volume: Twentieth-century full brown cloth binding; blind fillet border; lettered on front flyleaf: "Birdsall Northampton"; spine gilt lettered: "Maps and engravings relating to China".
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Sir George Leonard Staunton (1737-1801)