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005 20260127093934.0;

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010 a| a 32001313;

035 a| (Sirsi) o81127099;

035 a| (OCoLC)81127099;

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049 a| EREK;

050 04 a| DS708b| .S78 1799;

082 14 a| 810.8q| OCoLC1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ddc/E46YmYT4w6D6xHC7tdcTxGpdPc;

100 1 a| Staunton, George,c| Sir,d| 1737-1801.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkxPJjRRgygcQHMVPvbVC=| ^A479319;

245 13 a| An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China; :b| including cursory observations made, and information obtained, in travelling through that ancient empire and a small part of Chinese Tartary. : Together with a relation of the voyage undertaken on the occasion by His Majesty's Ship the Lion, and the ship Hindostan in the East India Company's service, to the Yellow Sea, and Gulf of Pekin; as well as of their return to Europe; with notices of the several places where they stopped in their way out and home; being the islands of Madeira, Teneriffe, and St. Jago; [t]he port of Rio de Janeiro in South America; the islands of St. Helena, Tristan d'Acunha, and Amsterdam; the coast of Java, and Sumatra, the Nanka Isles, Pulo-Condore, and Cochin-China. : Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney, Knight of the Bath, His Majesty's embassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Emperor of China; Sir Erasmus Gower, commander of the expedition, and of other gentlemen in the several departments of the embassy. /c| By Sir George Staunton, Baronet. Honorary Doctor of Laws of the University of Oxford, fellow of the Royal Society of London, His Majesty's secretary of embassy to the Emperor of China, and minister plenipotentiary in the absence of the embassador. ; In two volumes. ; Vol. I[-II].;

260 a| Philadelphia :b| Printed for Robert Campbell, by John Bioren,c| 1799.;

300 a| xxiii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 297 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 267 pages, 1 unnumbered page, xxiv pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf, 8 leaves of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 22 cm (8vo);

336 a| textb| txt2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

500 a| ''Although the two volumes have independent signatures series they were issued bound in one.''--Evans.;

500 a| Signatures: [a]⁴ b-c⁴ B-2P⁴ [2Q]1; [A]1 B-2L⁴ [2M]²; A-C⁴. Leaf [2Q]1 is conjugate with the title leaf to v. 2 (leaf [A]1).;

500 a| Errors in paging: v. 1, p. xiii-xvi misnumbered xii-xv; v. 2, p. 231, 252 misnumbered 131, 151.;

500 a| The plates, engraved by Joseph Seymour, are irregularly numbered. Cf. ''Directions to the binder, '' v. 1, p. [xxiv].;

510 4 a| Evansc| 36363;

541 3| Joyner Rare copyc| Gift ofa| Jack and Mary Spain,d| 6/19/2024;

650 0 a| Voyages and travels.=| ^A24895;

651 0 a| Chinax| Description and travel.=| ^A17906;

651 0 a| Chinax| Foreign relationsz| Great Britain.=| ^A32884;

651 0 a| Great Britainx| Foreign relationsz| China.=| ^A32885;

650 7 a| journeys.2| aat0| (CStmoGRI)aat300162867;

650 7 a| Diplomatic relations.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01907412;

650 7 a| Travel.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01155558;

650 7 a| Voyages and travels.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01169308;

655 7 a| Intaglio prints.2| gmgpc;

655 7 a| Labels (Provenance)2| rbprov5| MWA;

700 1 a| Gower, Erasmus,c| Sir,d| 1742-1814.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJy4hQMbF8KTdW37PtpXVC=| ^A479320;

700 1 a| Macartney, George Macartney,c| Earl,d| 1737-1806.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkD8RcmmbQKGbTdqjmjmd=| ^A300631;

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994 a| C0b| ERE;

590 a| Joyner Rare copy autographed on title page "Edward W. Laight, 1799" and on rear free endpaper "Susan M. [illegible], 1855.";

956 42 z| Bookplate for Jack and Mary Spainu| https://library.ecu.edu/giving/digital-bookplatesu| https://lib.ecu.edu/digital-bookplates/holland-spain-thumbnail.jpgx| DIGBKPLT0004;

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An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China; : including cursory observations made, and information obtained, in travelling through that ancient empire and a small part of Chinese Tartary. : Together with a relation of the voyage undertaken on the occasion by His Majesty's Ship the Lion, and the ship Hindostan in the East India Company's service, to the Yellow Sea, and Gulf of Pekin; as well as of their return to Europe; with notices of the several places where they stopped in their way out and home; being the islands of Madeira, Teneriffe, and St. Jago; [t]he port of Rio de Janeiro in South America; the islands of St. Helena, Tristan d'Acunha, and Amsterdam; the coast of Java, and Sumatra, the Nanka Isles, Pulo-Condore, and Cochin-China. : Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney, Knight of the Bath, His Majesty's embassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Emperor of China; Sir Erasmus Gower, commander of the expedition, and of other gentlemen in the several departments of the embassy. / By Sir George Staunton, Baronet. Honorary Doctor of Laws of the University of Oxford, fellow of the Royal Society of London, His Majesty's secretary of embassy to the Emperor of China, and minister plenipotentiary in the absence of the embassador. ; In two volumes. ; Vol. I[-II].

Author/creator	Staunton, George
Other author	Gower, Erasmus, Sir, 1742-1814.
Other author	Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Philadelphia : Printed for Robert Campbell, by John Bioren, 1799.
Description	xxiii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 297 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 267 pages, 1 unnumbered page, xxiv pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf, 8 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm (8vo)
Subjects	Voyages and travels. China--Description and travel. China--Foreign relations. --Great Britain. Great Britain--Foreign relations. --China.

Local note	Joyner Rare copy autographed on title page "Edward W. Laight, 1799" and on rear free endpaper "Susan M. [illegible], 1855."
General note	''Although the two volumes have independent signatures series they were issued bound in one.''--Evans.
General note	Signatures: [a]⁴ b-c⁴ B-2P⁴ [2Q]1; [A]1 B-2L⁴ [2M]²; A-C⁴. Leaf [2Q]1 is conjugate with the title leaf to v. 2 (leaf [A]1).
General note	Errors in paging: v. 1, p. xiii-xvi misnumbered xii-xv; v. 2, p. 231, 252 misnumbered 131, 151.
General note	The plates, engraved by Joseph Seymour, are irregularly numbered. Cf. ''Directions to the binder, '' v. 1, p. [xxiv].
Digital Bookplate	Bookplate for Jack and Mary Spain
References	Evans 36363
Acquisitions source	Joyner Rare copy Gift of Jack and Mary Spain, 6/19/2024
Genre/form	Intaglio prints.
Genre/form	Labels (Provenance)
LCCN	a 32001313

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