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
Knightshayes Court, Devon
NT 3150071
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v., plates . ill.. (ports.., maps) . 4to. Imperfect: v.2 only. Provenance: armorial bookplate: Baron Northwick, Par ternis suppar, H. Hoys. sc. 168. Regent St. Binding: nineteenth-century half leather; marbled paper over boards; rebacked spine gilt decorated and gilt lettered
Makers and roles
Sir George Leonard Staunton (1737-1801)