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ELLIS, Henry.

Journal of the proceedings of the late embassy to China; comprising a correct narrative of the public transactions of the embassy, of the voyage to and from China, and of the journey from the mouth of the Pei-Ho to the return to Canton. Interspersed with observations upon the face of the country, the polity, moral character, and manners of the Chinese nation.


For John Murray, London, 1817. First edition. 4to., vii, [1], 526, [2]pp., etched and stipple portrait frontispiece of Lord Amherst spotted), 7 attractive handcoloured aquatint plates, 3 engraved maps (quite browned), 1 folding (this slightly offset), errata leaf at end, contemporary calf rebacked, corners worn.

One of the four major colour plate books to appear as a result of the disastrous Amherst embassy to the Chinese Emperor. Abbey Travel 536; Cordier 239304; Prideaux pp.250-1, 335; Young p.315; Tooley 208; Hill 542; Bastin & Brommer 132.

Price: £ 1950
US Dollar Price: $ 3870
Stock Number: 56816
Image of ELLIS, Henry. Journal of the proceedings of the late embassy to China; comprising a correct narrative of the public transactions of the embassy, of the voyage to and from China, and of the journey from the mouth of the Pei-Ho to the return to Canton. Interspersed with observations upon the face of the country, the polity, moral character, and manners of the Chinese nation.

Image of ELLIS, Henry. Journal of the proceedings of the late embassy to China; comprising a correct narrative of the public transactions of the embassy, of the voyage to and from China, and of the journey from the mouth of the Pei-Ho to the return to Canton. Interspersed with observations upon the face of the country, the polity, moral character, and manners of the Chinese nation.

Image of ELLIS, Henry. Journal of the proceedings of the late embassy to China; comprising a correct narrative of the public transactions of the embassy, of the voyage to and from China, and of the journey from the mouth of the Pei-Ho to the return to Canton. Interspersed with observations upon the face of the country, the polity, moral character, and manners of the Chinese nation.

Image of ELLIS, Henry. Journal of the proceedings of the late embassy to China; comprising a correct narrative of the public transactions of the embassy, of the voyage to and from China, and of the journey from the mouth of the Pei-Ho to the return to Canton. Interspersed with observations upon the face of the country, the polity, moral character, and manners of the Chinese nation.

Image of ELLIS, Henry. Journal of the proceedings of the late embassy to China; comprising a correct narrative of the public transactions of the embassy, of the voyage to and from China, and of the journey from the mouth of the Pei-Ho to the return to Canton. Interspersed with observations upon the face of the country, the polity, moral character, and manners of the Chinese nation.

Image of ELLIS, Henry. Journal of the proceedings of the late embassy to China; comprising a correct narrative of the public transactions of the embassy, of the voyage to and from China, and of the journey from the mouth of the Pei-Ho to the return to Canton. Interspersed with observations upon the face of the country, the polity, moral character, and manners of the Chinese nation.