Travel
FORBES, Frederick Edwyn.
Five years in China; from 1842 to 1847. With an account of the occupation of Labuan and Borneo by Her Majesty's forces.
Bentley, London 1848. First edition. 8vo., 405pp., hand-coloured frontispiece, original pale yellow blind-stamped cloth gilt, spine darkened, neat repairs to extremities, a very good copy.
Forbes found previous accounts of China quite misleading. As a whole the Chinese were friendly to foreigners. Officials were a sort of aristocracy while in office, the achievements of government were considerable. Sympathetic observation. - Lust. Cordier, Sinica, 2371; Lust 369.
Price: £ 750
US Dollar Price: $ 1490
Stock Number: 70701