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China.- Staunton (Sir George)An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, 3 vol. including Atlas, first edition,text with 2 engraved portraits of the Emperor and the Earl of Macartney, engraved plate of Camellia and 26 engraved vignettes, tissue-guard to vol. 2 frontispiece only, vol. 2 gatherings T and U bound in wrong order, light foxing to frontispieces and titles, occasional light browning or foxing to text, contemporary calf, covers with gilt tooled borders, rebacked in modern calf and with double morocco labels to spines, corners worn, old covers lightly rubbed and marked, Atlas with 44 engraved maps, charts, plates and plans, 11 folding, the others double-page, all mounted on stubs, a few folding maps with short tears at folds without loss, a couple neat paper repairs to verso, a few trimmed close, once touching ruled border, some light foxing, occasional very small water-staining to lower margin, modern half calf over marbled boards, spine and corners lightly rubbed, faint stain to lower joint, [Cordier, Sinica, 2381-83], 4to & folio, W. Bulmer & Co. for G. Nicol, 1797.