HOLMES, SAMUEL: - Viaggio di Samuele Holmes ... eseguito negli anno 1792 e 1793. Milano, Sonzogno e Co., 1817.

. 12mo. Pp. xii, 275, (1). With five hand-coloured engraved plates. Ownership signature stamps on title. Near contemporary half calf on marbled boards. First Italian edition of Holmes' journal of the Macartney Embassy to China, based on the French edition of 1805. The wonderful illustrations depict the Great Wall, the Beisi Pagoda, a Chinese soldier, the Great Imperial Palace and a Chinese barge. (Raccolta de' viagii. xliv). Cordier BS 2388.

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