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 3123805.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 2, plates . ill.. (ports.., maps) . quarto text 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";
Makers and roles
Sir George Leonard Staunton (1737-1801)