‎STAUNTON, Sir George. ‎
‎AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF AN EMBASSY FROM THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN. 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, to the Yellow Sea, and Gulf of Pekin; as well as of their return to Europe; with notices of the several places where they stopped in their way out and home. Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the the Earl of Macartney.; Sir Erasmus Gower., and of other Gentlemen in the several departments of the Embassy.‎

‎Londres, Nicol, 1797. Première édition in-8°, complète en 3 volumes avec 3 grandes cartes dépliantes gravées par B. Baker. In-8° (220x140mm), reliés demi-basane, dos lisses décorés, petit manque à une coiffe. XVI-429pp. ; XV-383pp. ; XVII-490pp. ; tableau dépliant, illustré de 25 planches H.T., 3 grandes cartes dépliantes 42.5x62cm et 67.5x47 cm. Edition in-8° publiée la même année que l’originale, Staunton était secrétaire de Lord Macartney, envoyé pour établir des relations commerciales avec la Chine. La mission fut un désastre, la seule personne parlant le mandarin était le jeune fils de 11 ans qui sauva les apparences. Il visita Madère, Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro, Java, Sumatra, la Cochinchine etc. STAUNTON, Sir George. AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF AN EMBASSY FROM THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN. 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, to the Yellow Sea, and Gulf of Pekin; as well as of their return to Europe; with notices of the several places where they stopped in their way out and home . Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the the Earl of Macartney .; Sir Erasmus Gower ., and of other Gentlemen in the several departments of the Embassy. In Three Volumes. London: Printed for G. Nicol, 1797. First octavo edition, complete as issued in 3 volumes with 3 large fold-out maps engraved by B. Baker. Pp. xvi,429; xv,383; xvii,490 + [1] foldout leaf ('Appendix VII') inserted after p. 486. Worn contemporary bindings of diced calf with gilt lettering on spine. Folding frontispiece map in each volume: 1. 'A General Chart on Mercator's Projection, to show the train of the Lion and Hindostan from England to the Gulf of Pekin in Chiana, and of the their return to England.' 42.5 x 62.5 cm. 2. 'A Sketch of a Journey from ZHE-HOL in TARTARY by land to PEKIN and from thence by water to HANG-TCHOO-FOO in CHINA,' by J. Barrow. 67 X 47.5 cm. 3. 'Sketch of a Journey from HANG-TCHOO-FOO to QUANG-TCHOO-FOO of CANTON in CHINA,' by J. Barrow. 65 x 46.5 cm. (This edition, published in the same year and by the same publisher as the first two-volume quarto edition with the separate folio atlas of plates which was prepared at Government expense, is complete with only three maps as offered here.) Although Macartney's embassy to install a resident British minister and establish trade relations with China was not successful, it c. ‎

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