A Narrative of the British Embassy to China, In the Years 1792, 1793, and 1794; containing the Various Circumstances of the Embassy, with Accounts of Customs and Manners of the Chinese; and a Description of the Country, Towns, Cities, &c. &c.

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A Narrative of the British Embassy to China, In the Years 1792, 1793, and 1794; containing the Various Circumstances of the Embassy, with Accounts of Customs and Manners of the Chinese; and a Description of the Country, Towns, Cities, &c. &c.

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A Narrative of the British Embassy to China, In the Years 1792, 1793, and 1794; containing the Various Circumstances of the Embassy, with Accounts of Customs and Manners of the Chinese; and a Description of the Country, Towns, Cities, &c. &c.

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Title: A Narrative of the British Embassy to China, In the Years 1792, 1793, and 1794; containing the Various Circumstances of the Embassy, with Accounts of Customs and Manners of the Chinese; and a Description of the Country, Towns, Cities, &c. &c. Author: Anderson, Æneas Place: New York Publisher: Printed by T. and J. Swords for Rogers and Berry Date: 1795 Description: xxiv, 328 pp. 6¾x4, bound in contemporary tree calf, gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. First Edition. Important and early report on the first British diplomatic mission to China. Evans 28189. Lot Amendments Condition: Joints splitting with front board nearly detached, chips and small scuffs to leather, spine ends and corners bumped; light foxing, two previous owner’s signatures (dated 1828 and 1876); good or better, worthy of repair. Item number: 154683