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1799 Voyage to CHINA & Tartary Illustrated Botany Canoe
1799 Voyage to CHINA & Tartary Illustrated Botany Canoe
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1799 Voyage to CHINA & Tartary Illustrated Botany Canoes George Staunton

An impressive work describing the voyage of the first embassy sent to China and Tartary by King George III of England in 1792. Written by George Staunton, this work is an important work on the natives and cultures of Chinese and Tartary people including descriptions of daily life, botany, and voyage routes.

This second volume features impressive full-page engravings depicting Cochin Chinese canoes, fishing boats, plants, Chinese footwear, and a Chinese navigational tools such as a compass.

Item number: #3866

Price: $399

STAUNTON, George Leonard

Voyage dans l'intérieur de la Chine et en Tartarie, fait dans les années 1792, 1793 et 1794 par Lord Macartney. ... Rédigé sur les papiers de Lord Macartney ... du Commodore E. Gower et des autres personnes attachées à l'Ambassade par Sir G. Staunton ... Traduit de l'anglais avec des notes par J. Castera. Troisième édition ... augmentée d'un précis de l'histoire de la Chine par le traducteur, et du voyage en Chine et en Tartarie de J.C. Huttner, traduit de l'allemand par le même traducteur. Avec ... planches et ... cartes gravées par Tardieu l'aîné. Collection de planches et cartes.

A Paris: Chez Buisson, An VII, [1799].

Details:

•Collation: Complete with all pages; volume 2

o[1 blank], [2], 408, [1 blank]

o7 full-page plates

•References: Corder (Sinica) IV, 2384. Cox I, 345. Quérard IX, 289

•Language: French

•Binding: Leather; tight & secure

•Size: ~8.25in X 5.25in (21cm x 13cm)

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