CAWTHRONE, G. (Ed.): - A Complete View of the Chinese Empire. Exhibited in a geographical description of that country, a dissertation on its antiquity, and a genuine and copious account of Earl Macartney's embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. London, printed and published by G. Cawthorn, 1798.

. Pp. (8), lxxii, 224, 275- 456. With one engraved frontispiece. Pagination is irregular but the text is complete. No advertisement leaf. First few leaves with some staining. Contemporary mottled calf, flat spine richly gilt and with red title label, worn and hinges cracked. Old ownership signature on title and old annotations on front endpapers.First edition, scarce. An anonymous, accurate account of the British embassy headed by Earl Macartney to China during the years 1792-94. "The general curiosity excited by the publication of an authentic account of Earl Macartney's Embassy to China has induced the Editor to compile the present volume, which will be found to give a better and more copious account of that Empire that has hitherto appeared" (Advertisement). Cordier BS 2392. Löwendahl 701. Provenance: Copy of Jacob Lothsack, enobled Kjerrmanskiöld (1745-1818), Swedish captain on the Swedish East India Company's ship Gustaf III to China in 1796-8.

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