ANDERSON, ®NEAS:

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. Basel, J.J. Tourneisen, 1795.

. Pp. xvi, 336, appendix (24). Contemporary marbled calf, flat spine with gilt decorations and red title label, lightly rubbed, front joint cracking. Bookplates. Anderson's account of the first British embassy to Beijing headed by Earl Macartney. Anderson was Macartney's personal secretary during the expedition. Some minor staining in parts. First published in London in the same year. Cordier 2386. Lust 497. Cf Löwendahl 635.

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Catalogue: East Asia

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