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Editore: London: Printed by W. Bulmer & Co. for G. Nicol, 1797, 1797
Da: Chinese Art Books, Baoding, HEBEI, Cina
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. All 3 volumes are first edition, first printing, complete with all pages and plates in fine ORIGINAL FULL CALF BINDINGS. 2 text volumes, published and printed in 1797, 31.6*25.8*10.5cm, wt: 5.9kg,[ii]+xxxiv+518+2+xx+626=1202p. The atlas volume, issued on April 12, 1796 by G. Nicol (first and only edition), is complete with 44 plates, 56.8*43.8*2.8cm, wt:4.3kg.
Editore: London: Printed by W. Bulmer & Co. for G. Nicol, 1796, 1796
Da: Chinese Art Books, Baoding, HEBEI, Cina
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Folio, 57.1*43.8*2.8cm, wt:4.4kg. Issued on April 12, 1796 by G. Nicol (first and only edition), complete with 44 plates in fine condition.
Editore: G. Nicol c. 1797, London:, 1797
Da: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Prima edizione
Edition : First Edition, Quarto volumes expertly rebacked preserving the original spine; contemporary full elaborately embossed calf with gilt and blind dentelled border; spine with five raised bands, six compartments horizontally divided by gilt ruling and blind central floral ornament, gilt lettered black morocco titles on two and four; pasted and free endpapers marbled, all edges marbled; atlas rebacked in half-calf with contemporary marbled boards, spine with 6 raised bands, compartments with elaborate central floral ornament and gilt lettered black morocco labels on two and four. , Staunton accompanied Lord Macartney's embassy to China in 1792 as his principal secretary. The spoken aim of the embassy was to establish diplomatic relations between the two countries, though there was the intent to improve commercial relations with China. Macartney (and Staunton) were ultimately successful in obtaining an audience with the Chinese emperor, but their proposals were rejected. Staunton was a gifted observer, and this work records his observations, which extend to the botanical realm. Staunton's account also describes the places visited during the expedition, among them Madeira, Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro, Java, Sumatra, and Cochin-China.[ATLAS CONTAINS: Folding map of Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia#1 ; full-page map and view of Santo Paulo#2; full-page map of Cochin-China#3; double-page chart of China #4; full-page map of Tchu-San #5; double page map of Shan-Tung in China #6, double-page plate with 3 views #7, full-page map of Pay-Ho showing Pekin #8; double-page plate Tartary? Pekin ?China #9; double-page plate Hang-Choo-Foo ?Canton ? China # 10; double-page plate Plan of Macao #11; full page plate with leaf of cactus #12; full page plate of a Pheasant of Java #13; full page plate of natives of Cochin-China #14, full page plate opf view of Turon Bay #15; full page plate of a Mandarin of Turon #16; full page plate of a Chinese Military Post #17; full page plate of Chinese Military #18; full page plate of instruments of War used by the Chinese #19; full page plate of a view of the Wes[t]ern Gates of Pekin #20; full page plate of a plan of the Hall of Audience #21; full page plate of A Front view of the Hall of Audience at Palace #22; full page plate of Plans, sections, Elevations of the Great Wall ?#23; full page plate of a View of the Great Wall of China #24; full page plate of The Approach of the Emperor of China ? in Tartary ? #25; full page plate of Plan Section and Elevation of the Poo ? Temple of the Lama ?Tartary #26; full page plate of a view of Poo ?Ta-La . Tartary #27 ; full page plate of the ?Punishment of the Tchha? #28; full page plate of a View in the Gardens of the Imp. Palace of Pekin #29; full page plate of a Scene in an Historical Play ? #30; full page plate of the view of a Pai-Loo . #31; full page plate of a Quan or Mandarin bearing a letter from the Emperor ?#32; full page plate of a View near the City of Lin-Tsin ?#33; full page plate of a Plan and Section of the Sluice or Flood Gate ? #34; full page plate of Chinese Barges of the Embassy ? #35; full page plate of a view of the Lake Pao-Yng #36; full page plate of the Pelicanus Sinensis or Fishing Corvorant ? #37; full page plate of a view of the Suburb of a Chinese City #38; full page plate of view of the Tchin-Shan or Golden Island ?Yang-Tse-Kiang #39; full page plate of Chinese Barges of the Embassy ? #40; full page plate of a view of the Tower of the Thundering Winds on the Borders of the Lake See-Hoo ? #41; full page plate of the Economy of Time and Labor exemplified in a Chinese Waterman #42; full page plate of the Rock of Wuang- Yin with an excavation near ? #43; full page plate of a section and elevation of a wheel used by the Chinese for raising water ??] , Size : text volumes: large quart, Illustrated with engraved portrait frontispieces in Vol I of Emperor Tchien Lung Ta Whang Tee // Tchien Lung, the Great Emperor; in Vol II The Earl of Macartney; plus small vignettes throughout text: Vol I: 141, 199, 341, 353, 423, 443, Vol II: p. 11, 73, 85, 113, 129, 205, 235, 243, 311, 347, 351, 359, 363, 389, 397, 427, full leaf Camellia between 466-7, 481, 517, 591, and the atlas complete with 44 engraved plates ? these include a large folding map (#1), 6 double-page, and 37 full page plates. Text and plates are wide-margined., Volume : Three volumes - two larg, References : Brunet V, 525; Cordier Sinica 2382; Cox I, p. 344, Vol I: ex libris, ex libris, bl. (6), frontispiece, title, bl., advertisement, bl., table of contents iii-xiii, list of plates xv-xxix, list of engravings xxx-xxxiv, 1-518 with small engravings throughout Vol II: ex libris, ex libris, bl. (6), frontispiece, title, bl., table of contents iii-xx, 1-466, leaf with plate of Camellia Sesanqua, 467-614, appendix 615-626, with small engravings throughout; VolIII ?folio Atlas: 2 Ex libris, bl. (4),folding map and 43 plates of maps and views. A near fine and attractive example. Text and atlas volumes are clean and crisp.
Da: Librairie de l'Univers, Lausanne, Svizzera
Prima edizione
London, W. Bulmer, G. Nicol, 1797. 2 vol. in-4 de texte (25 x 31.5 cm) et 1 atlas in-fol. de planches (55.5 x 43 cm). I/ xxxiv-518 pp.; II/ xx-626 pp.; ATLAS/ 44 pl. grav. Édition originale bien complète de toutes les gravures. Volumes de texte illustrés d un portrait de l empereur Tchien Lung gravé par Collyer d après W. Alexander, en frontispice du 1er vol., d un portrait de Macartney par J. Hall d après J. Hickey en frontispice du 2ème vol., de 27 vignettes dans le texte et d une gravure en pleine page. En tête du 1er vol.: Description détaillée des planches et des gravures. Atlas comportant 44 pl. grav. (6 à double page, 37 à pleine page et la célèbre «General Chart on Mercator s projection [ ]») d après John Barrow pour la géographie, S. Edwards pour les sciences naturelles et W. Alexander pour les autres sujets. Soit: 10 cartes de géographie, 3 vues topographiques, 1 pl. de botanique et 2 pl. de zoologie, 12 pl. d architecture, avec plans, élévations, vues de monuments, villes ou sites, 6 pl. en lien avec la navigation et l hydraulique, 6 pl. à caractère ethnographique, 3 pl. sur des arts de la guerre, 1 pl. en lien direct avec le protocole de l ambassade. Ensemble exécuté par 17 graveurs différents (Skelton / B. Baker / Ellis / J. Landseer & J. Shirt / J. Caldwill / J. Pafs. / B. J. Pouney / Medland / J. Dadley / W. Loury / J. Fittler / Hall / J. Heath / J. Chapman / Wilson / W. Byrne). Volumes de texte reliés en demi-toile brune à coins. Dos lisses. Etiquettes de titre sur les plats sup. et les dos. Atlas en demi-toile noire. Dos lisse avec titre en doré. Quelques rousseurs aux barbes des vol. de texte, sinon intérieur en excellent état, très belle édition à grande marge. Reliures de travail sobres et solides. Mors de pied de l atlas fendus, quelques rousseurs et rares piqûres sur les marges des planches, sans défaut; images parfaitement propres et fraîches. Rare dans cet état. Le recueil de cette fameuse ambassade a été préparé sur ordre du gouvernement britannique. Outre l importance historique de l ouvrage, ce recueil est particulièrement intéressant pour les descriptions géographiques des lieux visités: Madère, Ténériffe, Rio de Janeiro, St. Hélène, Tristan da Cunha, l île Amsterdam, Java, Sumatra, la Cochinchine [Vietnam], etc La Grande Bretagne souhaitait établir des relations diplomatiques officielles avec la Chine, notamment pour les rapports commerciaux. Mais l autosuffisance économique de la Chine, qui depuis des siècles n avait admis de présence étrangère, rendit l ambassade le Lord Macartney peu fructueuse. Plus qu une réussite politique, cette ambassade fut l occasion de cet admirable recueil qui livre un témoignage unique sur la Chine du XVIIIe siècle. Biblio.: Boucher de la Richarderie, V, 302-356 / Brunet, V, 525 / Cordier, IV, 2382 / Cox, I, 344.
Editore: G. Nicol, publ., c. 1797, 1797
Da: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Prima edizione
Edition : First Edition,Text in English, In three volumes - , Text volumes: Full calf expertly rebacked preserving the original gilt dentelled boards; gilt dotted and gilt dentelled turn-ins; spine with five raised blind bands, flanked by horizontal gilt fillets; compartments with central gilt ornament; gilt lettered title on morocco labels on two and four; pasted and free endpapers and edges marbled in black and red; folio atlas rebacked in half-calf preserving the contemporary marbled boards. , Staunton accompanied Lord Macartney's embassy to China in 1792 as his principal secretary. The spoken aim of the embassy was to establish diplomatic relations between the two countries, though there was the intent to improve commercial relations with China. Macartney (and Staunton) were ultimately successful in obtaining an audience with the Chinese emperor, but their proposals were rejected. Staunton was a gifted observer, and this work records his observations, which extend to the botanical realm. Staunton's account also describes the places visited during the expedition, among them Madeira, Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro, Java, Sumatra, and Cochin-China., Size : text volumes- large quart, Illustrated with engraved portrait frontispieces in Vol I of Emperor Tchien Lung Ta Whang Tee // Tchien Lung, the Great Emperor; in Vol II The Earl of Macartney; plus small vignettes throughout text: Vol I: 141, 199, 341, 353, 423, 443, Vol II: p. 11, 73, 85, 113, 129, 205, 235, 243, 305, 311, 347, 351, 359, 363, 389, 397, 427, full leaf Camellia between 466-7, 481, 517, 591, and the atlas complete with 44 engraved plates ? these include a large folding map (#1), 6 double-page, and 37 full page plates. Text and plates are wide-margined. , Pasted-in armorial bookplate with lion and dragon and , References : Brunet V, 525; Cordier Sinica 2382; Cox I, p. 344, P.Vol I: ex libris, bl. (5), frontispiece portrait if the great emperor, title, bl., advertisement, bl., table of contents iii-xiii, bl., list of plates xv-xxix, list of engravings xxx-xxxiv, embassy 1-518 with 6 small engravings. Vol II: ex libris, bl. (3), frontispiece of Earl of Macartney, title, bl., table of contents iii-xx, Embassy 1-466, leaf with plate of Camellia Sesanqua, 467-614, appendix 615-626, with 20 small engravings throughout; VolIII ?folio Atlas: bl. (4),folding map and 43 plates of maps and views. A near fine and attractive example. Text and atlas volumes are clean and crisp. Few of the atlas plates are reinforced with acid free preservation paper.
Editore: Printed by W. Bulmer & Co. for G. Nicol. London. 1797, 1797
Da: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, Regno Unito
Libro Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. Complete. - Two quarto text volumes (12 x 9.4 inches), and a folio atlas of plates (16.6 x 12.3 inches). ---- Both text volumes in contemporary full brown calf boards with decorative gilt borders. Re-spined in recent brown calf with raised bands, the compartments ruled in blind, two red morocco labels, lined and lettered in gilt. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. The atlas volume bound in recent half brown calf. Spine with raised bands, each decorated in gilt. Compartments ruled in gilt. Red title label, gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Text volumes with engraved portrait frontispiece to each, 1 plate and 26 vignettes after William Alexander et al. in all, atlas with 44 engraved views, plans, plates and maps and charts, including large folding world map, 3 natural history subjects and 25 views. Some foxing and sporadic spotting to both text and atlas, a couple of the maps have professional repairs to splits to the folds and slight losses to the fore-edges, but overall a very good set with good strong impressions of the engravings. ------------- First edition of the official account of the first official British Embassy to China, headed by George, Earl Macartney. Macartney was dispatched to Peking in 1792, travelling via Madeira, Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro, the Cape of Good Hope and Indonesia. He was accompanied by Staunton, and a retinue of suitably impressive size, including Staunton's 11 year-old son George Thomas, who was nominally Macartney's page. It emerged on arrival that the boy was the only one in the party who had bothered to learn Chinese, and was therefore the only one able to converse with the Emperor during the Ambassador's two audiences. The Embassy 'sought to improve commercial relations with China, through Canton (Guangzhou), and to establish regular diplomatic relations between the two countries. Though Macartney and Staunton had an audience with the emperor their proposals were rebuffed. In China [Staunton] closely observed and noted all that he saw, and during expeditions he was able to collect botanical specimens' (DNB) The party returned via Macao and St. Helena, arriving back in 1794. Young George Thomas Staunton became a writer at the HEIC's Canton factory in 1798, advancing to supercargo in 1804 and chief interpreter in 1808, and in 1816 he accompanied Amherst's ill-fated Embassy to Peking as chief of the Canton factory. Hill considers this a 'remarkable account of Chinese manners and customs a the close of the eighteenth century' and draws attention to the descriptions of the places visited en route, which are 'also of considerable interest' and the 'important' atlas. --- More photos available on request.
Editore: London: Printed by W. Bulmer & Co. for G. Nicol, 1797, 1797
Da: Chinese Art Books, Baoding, HEBEI, Cina
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. first edition, first printing, 2 text volumes in original full calf, complete with all pages and plates. Small folio, 30.5*24.3*9.5cm, wt:5kg.[ii]+xxxiv+518+2+xx+626=1202 pages. Firm binding, hinges of the outer covers professionally repaired and strengthened. Internally fine with crisp and bright pages.
Editore: G. Nicol, London, 1797
Da: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Libro Prima edizione
Quarter Morocco Over Boards. Condizione: Very Good +. Frontispieces, Plates And Illustrations (illustratore). 1st Edition. (Ii), Xxxiv,518; (Ii), Xx, 626. The Two Complete Text Volumes In Full Size, Text Blocks 10 5/8" Tall; The Plates Were Issued 1796 In A Separate Volume, Not Present Here; But The Plate Of The Camellia Sesanqua Is Present Between Pp 466 And 467. Original Quarter Morocco Binding, Five Bands, Morocco Spine Labels, Over Boards Covered With Marbled Paper, Original Off-White Endpapers, Preliminary And Final Blank In Each Volume. Bindings With Old Wear But Nicely Furbished, Morocco Labels Clean With Brilliant Gilt, A Little Loss Of Leather At Tops Of Spines And At Top Right Front Spine Edge, Paper Frayed Along All Edges Of Boards, Hinges Tight, Contents Clean, Just A Few Tiny Foxing Spots. Small Very Old Booksellers' Label Of The China Times, Bookseller, 94 Consular Road, Tientsin. And Another From Sydney. Former Owner's Signature Dated 1894, Erased In Volume 1, Of George Ernest Morrison, And A Few Marginalia Which Appear To Be His; George Ernest "G. E." Morrison (1862 ? 1920), Also Known As Morrison Of Peking Or Chinese Morrison, Was An Australian Adventurer, Appointed In February 1897 As The Times Correspondent In Peking Despite His Lack Of Knowledge In The Chinese Language. He Traveled To Vladivostok And Reported To The Times That Russian Engineers Were Making Preliminary Surveys From Kirin Towards Port Arthur, Then Sent A Telegram To Say That Russia Had Presented A Five-Day Ultimatum To China Demanding The Right To Construct A Railway To Port Arthur. This Was A Triumph For The Times And Its Correspondent, But He Had Also Shown Prophetic Insight In Another Phrase Of His Dispatch, When He Stated That "The Importance Of Japan In Relation To The Future Of Manchuria Cannot Be Disregarded". After A Visit To Siam And England, Then To Australia, 1899-1900, He Returned To Peking. When The Boxer Uprising Broke Out And During The Siege Of The Legations From June To August Morrison As An Acting-Lieutenant Showed Great Courage, Always Ready To Volunteer For Every Service Of Danger. After A Siege Of 55 Days, The Legations Were Relieved By A Multinational Force, Which Then Ransacked Much Of The Palaces In Peking, With Morrison Taking Part In The Looting. There Was Great Uncertainty Regarding The Future Of China In The Following Months, And Through The Times Morrison Managed To Depict A Skewed Picture Before The British Public. While Russia And Japan United In Opposing Any Dismemberment Of China, The Country Was Nevertheless Punished By The Imposition Of A Heavy Indemnity. In 1904 Morrison Became A Correspondent With The Japanese Army. He Was Present At The Entry Of The Japanese Into Port Arthur Early In 1905, And Represented The Times At The Usa Peace Conference. In 1907 He Crossed China From Peking To The French Border Of Tonkin And In 1910 Rode From Honan Across Asia To Russian Turkestan. From Andijan He Took A Train To St Petersburg, And Then Traveled To London Arriving On 29 July 1910. A Great Chinese Physician, Dr. Wu Lien-Teh, Succeeded In Staying The Spread Of This Mortal Sickness Which Seemed To Threaten The Whole World. Morrison Published A Series Of Articles Advocating The Launching Of A Modern Scientific Public Health Service In China. When The Chinese Revolution Began In 1911 Morrison Took The Side Of The Revolutionaries. In August Morrison Resigned His Position On The Times To Become Political Adviser To The Chinese Government, And Immediately Went To London To Assist In Floating A Chinese Loan Of £10 Million. In China During The Following Years He Had An Anxious Time Advising, And Endeavoring To Deal With The Political Intrigues That Were Continually Going On. He Visited Australia Again In December 1917 And Returned To Peking In February 1918. He Represented China During The Peace Discussions At Versailles In 1919, But His Health Began To Give Way And He Retired To England Well Aware That He Had Only A Short Time To Live. He Died On 30 May 1920 . A Nice Historical Association. Later Ownership Signatures Of G B Wilson.
Editore: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for G. Nicol, London, 1797
Da: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Full Description: STAUNTON, Sir George [Leonard]. 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 the their way out and home; being the islands of Madeira, Teneriffe, and St. Jago; the 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.In two volumes, with engravings; beside a folio volume of plates. London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for G. Nicol, 1798. First edition of the official account of the first British embassy to China. One of a few copies printed on large thick paper. Two large quarto text volumes (12 3/4 x 10 1/8 inches; 325 x 254 mm.). [2], xxxiv, [2], 518; xx, 626 pp. Two engraved frontispiece portraits (of Tchien Lung, The Great Emperor, by Collyer after W. Alexander in Volume I and of His Excellency The Early of Macartney by J. Hall after T. Hickey in Volume II), one engraved color plate in both Volume I and Volume II with printed tissue guards, and an additional engraved plate in black and white in volume II. With numerous wood-engravings in the text. This set without the Atlas volume, but complete in two volumes. Contemporary full paneled calf, almost invisibly rebacked preserving original spines. Boards and spine elaborately ruled and tooled in gilt. With a gilt central device of a wolf and a crown. Spines lettered in gilt. Gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. Silk page markers. Drab blue endpapers. Previous owner's armorial bookplate on front pastedown of each volume. Some light rubbing to spines and corners a bit bumped. Some minor toning and offsetting, mainly to preliminary leaves, otherwise extremely clean with large margins. "Great Britain was anxious to establish formal diplomatic relations with China and thus open the way for unimpeded trade relations. But the veil of Chinese reserve and self-sufficiency, which for centuries seldom admitted penetration, still hung over this empire, and effectually resisted Lord Macartney's arguments and gifts. His visit was not in vain, however, for it gave us a most interesting account of Chinese manners and customs at the end of the eighteenth century. The account of this famous embassy was prepared at government expense. Apart from its Chinese importance, it is of considerable interest, owing to the descriptions of the various places en route which were visited." (Hill). Cordier, Sinica, cols. 2381-2383. Cox I, p. 344. Hill 1628. HBS 69094. $4,500.
Editore: London: W. Bulmer for G. Nicol, 1797
Da: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 43 x 59 cm. 44 engraved plates, charts, and maps, some folding. Plates with moderate foxing, mostly to the edges. Marbled boards with leather spine, cover with heavy wear and rubbing, loss on the corners and edges, erosion on the spine. Scarce. In good condition for age.
Editore: W. Bulmer G Nicol, London, 1797
Da: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Illustrated by Scan Available on Request (illustratore). First Edition. Rebound in nice modern brown leather; frontis present; paper not aged, binding sturdy; just bookplate on endpaper and a few rubs .very scarce; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 518 and 626 pages.
Editore: London: Printed for G. Nicol, 1798, 1798
Da: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Regno Unito
Second octavo edition, extra-illustrated with a first edition supplement of plates and maps issued by a rival London publisher in 1797. The Macartney mission was a pivotal point in Britain's unfolding encounter with China, revealing to Western eyes the power of the Qing court and the peripheral position of foreign powers in the imperial worldview. The publication history of Staunton's account reveals the highly competitive publishing atmosphere of late-18th-century London, in particular the rivalry between George Nicol and John Stockdale. The two men had previously clashed in 1784 over Stockdale's decision to issue an edition of the account of Cook's final voyage, a move which Nicol saw as infringing on his position as the rights holder. In 1797, after Nicol issued the imposing quarto first edition of Staunton's account, as well as a three-volume octavo edition with three maps but no plates, Stockdale had an abridged version with his own engraved plates and maps in circulation by October. While Nicol denounced Stockdale's abridgement and illustrations as inferior, Stockdale cheekily issued his suite of plates and maps as a standalone supplement for sale to any Nicol customer who wished to embellish their plate-less octavo edition. Here, the purchaser of Nicol's second octavo edition has done just that. "In 1792 Staunton was appointed principal secretary to Lord Macartney's embassy to China (and provisionally minister-plenipotentiary in the event of his death). The embassy sought to improve commercial relations with China, through Canton (Guangzhou), and to establish regular diplomatic relations between the two countries. Though Macartney and Staunton had an audience with the emperor their proposals were rebuffed. Macartney kept a detailed journal of his embassy, while in 1797 Staunton published his own, well-known account of this unsuccessful mission, which was later translated into French and German" (ODNB). Provenance: from the library of Oliver Russell Moore (1917-2011), with his bookplate on the front pastedowns. Moore was a British naval officer who served in China, including at Weihaiwei and Shanghai, during the 1930s. Following the Second World War, in which he served in multiple theatres, he was posted as the naval liaison for the Hong Kong dockyard - a position which lasted until 1950. For various editions, see: China on Paper 9; Cordier (2nd edition) 2383; Löwendahl 697-9; Lust 545-8. 3 volumes, octavo (213 x 135 mm). Contemporary smooth half calf, spine lettered in gilt, raised bands with gilt lines and foliate tooling, marbled sides, green coated endpapers, edges sprinkled red, black silk bookmarkers. Engraved frontispiece and additional title page, 21 similar plates, 5 folding maps, folding appendix leaf. Bindings sturdy, spine and extremities lightly rubbed, folding maps with light creasing, several stub tears professionally repaired, printed area minimally affected, a few plates browned, else bright. A very good copy.
Editore: Nicol, London, 1797
Da: Feldman's Books, Menlo Park, CA, U.S.A.
Libro
Full Leather. Condizione: Good to Very Good. First Edition, Second Printing. Front board of Vol. 1 is detached. Some minor scuffing, otherwise very tight, with no corner wear or edge wear. First Editions.
Da: Librairie Chat, Beijing, Cina
Condizione: Fine. Size: 21.5cm x 13.5cm Number of books: 3 books.
Editore: Dublin, Printed for P.Wogan, R.Cross, P.Byrne and others., 1798
Da: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, CORK, Irlanda
Libro
Two Volumes (complete set). Octavo. Volume I: XV, 449 pages with 8 full-page plates / Volume II: XVIII, 430 pages, with 26 full-page-plates and including an Appendix. Hardcover / Original, early 19th century half leather with original spinelabels. Bindings firm and strong but rather worn. Bookplate of Richard Meade, Ballymartle, to the pastedown of Volume I. Overall in very good condition with some stronger signs of wear but with all the illustrations / engravings, called for in the Dublin Edition. This fantastic and detailed description of the late 18th century-expedition to China, recorded by irish botanist, Sir George Leonard Staunton, from Galway, also includes for example: A list of Plants collected in the Journey between Peking and Zhe-hol in Tartary / List of Plants collected in the Provinces of Shan-tung and Kiang-nan / Bamboo plants described / Mulberry Trees and their culture / Nankeen cotton and their natural colour / Tallow trees / Of Ranks and Families in China / Intelligence of Sir Erasmus Gower / Culture of Rice / Chinese method of raising crops of vegetables upon the water and on marshy grounds / General descriptions of Chinese towns / Principal mode of travelling in China / Surgical operations less dangerous in China than in the north of Europe / etc. etc. Appendix I: Table of the Population and Extent of China Proper, within the Great Wall. Taken in round numbers from the Statements of Chow-ta-Zhin / Appendix II: Account of Revenue into the Imperial Treasury at Pekin [sic][Peking], from the different Provinces of China proper / Appendix III: A List of the Chief Civil Officers in China, distinguishing their Number, Station and Salaries (The Tson-too / The Foyen / The Hou-poo / The An-za-tze, or president of the criminal tribunal / The Tao-quen etc.) / Appendix IV: A List of the chief Military Officers of China, their Number, Rank and Salaries including "A rough Calculation of the Military Establishment of China" / Appendix V: Trade of the English and other Europeans to and from China (History of English Exports from and to China) / Appendix VI: Account of Tea exported from China to Europe in Foreign and English Ships, the former from the Diaries transmitted to England by the English Supercargoes, the latter from the Invoices of Ships arrived safe / Appendix VII: [A large, folded Table, showing] An Account of the Quantities of Tea exported from China, in English and Foreign Ships in each year from 1776 to 1795 - showing Swedish, Danish, Dutch, French, Hungarian, Portuguese / American and Prussian ships and the numbers are including English private trade] / Appendix VIII: Shows an Account of the Amount of Goods and Bullion exported by the East India Company to China, in each year from 1775 to 1795 / Appendix IX: An Account of the number of ships with the number of tons, as well as Builder's measurements of said ships, which arrived from China in 1776 and the following years / Appendix X: An Account of the Quantities of Teas sold by the East India Company since the Commutation Act commenced, including private trade.also an Account of the King's Duty on Tea sold between the 1st of September,1784 and the 1st of March, 1797. / Sir George Leonard Staunton, 1st Baronet (10 April 1737 14 January 1801) was an employee of the East India Company and a botanist. He was born in Cargins, Co Galway, Ireland and educated at the Jesuit College, Toulouse, France (obtaining an MD in 1758) and the School of Medicine in Montpellier, France. He was awarded a DCL by Oxford University in 1790. He initially practised as a physician in the West Indies but switched to law and was made Attorney-General in Grenada in 1779. In 1784, he accompanied his lifelong friend George, Lord Macartney, whom he first met in the West Indies, to Madras to negotiate peace with Tipu Sultan, for which service Staunton was created a baronet of Ireland, of Cargins in the County of Galway on 31 October 1785. Staunton was elected in February 1787 a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 1793, Staunton was named Secretary to the British mission to the Chinese Imperial court. This diplomatic and trade mission would be headed by Lord Macartney. Although the Macartney Embassy returned to London without obtaining any concession from China, the mission could have been termed a success because it brought back detailed observations. Staunton was charged with producing the official account of the expedition after their return. It was published 1797 under the title An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. This multi-volume work was taken chiefly from the papers of Lord Macartney and from the papers of Sir Erasmus Gower, who was Commander of the expedition. Sir Joseph Banks, the President of the Royal Society, was responsible for selecting and arranging engraving of the illustrations in this official record. Staunton died at his London house, 17 Devonshire Street, on 14 January 1801 and was buried in Westminster Abbey, where a monument by Sir Francis Chantrey is erected to his memory. The baronetcy, his Irish estate at Clydagh, County Galway and his London home were all inherited by his only son, George Thomas Staunton. (Wikipedia) Sprache: english.
Editore: Printed by W. Bulmer & Co. for G. Nicol
Prima edizione
Condizione: Good. London: Printed by W. Bulmer & Co. for G. Nicol, 1797. 1st edition. Volume 2. 4to. xx,626pp. Frontis. portrait, illus. Good book. Rebound. Spine ends worn. Front joint broken. Boards rubbed, corners frayed. Pages foxed. (China, Great Britain, foreign relations, travel) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Editore: Robert Campbell, Philadelphia, 1799
Da: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: g+ to vg. First American edition. Large octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2"). xxiii, [1], 297, [1]pp (Vol. 1); 267, [1], xxivpp (Vol. 2). Modern brown cloth, with gold lettered leather title label to spine. Engraved frontispiece to both volumes. Lacking the separately printed atlas, as usual. First American edition of this official report on the British Macartney Embassy to China that took place between 1792 and 1794. It was written after the return to England by the Secretary to the mission Sir George Leonard Staunton, 1st Baronet (1737-1801), based on his own observations and notes from other crewmembers, including his twelve-year-old son Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd Baronet. "The account offers rich insights into the beginnings of British Imperialism in China and thus makes it an important primary source for the historiography of Sino-Western relations. There is an academic dispute whether the account marks a sudden turning point in British-Chinese dynamics or reflects a slow and complex divergence. While the political and economic ambitions of the embassy failed, the account by Staunton brought back detailed descriptions of and observations on the Chinese culture that were received with curiosity in the West and led to the commercial success of the book and the publication of several translations and subsequent writings on the Macartney Mission." (From Wikipedia) This work is splendidly illustrated throughout with eight stunning engravings by Samuel Seymour, two in volume one, six in volume two, including the frontispieces as called for in the directions to the binder. The xxiv page appendix contains detailed tables and charts dealing with population and socio-economic information. Previous owner's stamp (E. W. Sage) at verso of first frontispiece, and at upper margin of first title. Moderate and sporadic foxing / age-toning throughout. Binding in very good, interior in good+ to very good condition.
Editore: John Bioren, Philadelphia, 1799
Da: Henry Pordes Books Ltd, London, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Libro Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. [.] Including cursory observations made, and information obtained, in traveling through that ancient empire and a small part of Chinese Tartary. 8vo. Hardcover. First US Edition. Two volumes bound in one. Vol 1. pp 297. Vol 2. pp. 267, plus appendices including a folding plate of tea exports each year from 1776. Includes 7 plates, missing one on page 200. In very good condition, speckled calf binding, with gilt lines on the spine and a dark red title label framed in gilt and lettering still bright. Slight wear at the corners and spine ends, with leather chipped at top and bottom of spine; rear hinge is cracked but holding nicely. Pages themselves are clean and unmarked with light foxing. and occasional corners folded. Previous owner's name, from the period, inscribed on front endpaper. Very scarce. The official account of Earl McCartney's informative but unsuccessful mission to establish formal diplomatic and commercial relations with China. Staunton accompanied the Embassy as Secretary and compiled his book chiefly from the papers of the Ambassador and his fellow envoys. A fascinating true history of the expedition, useful primary source. Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd Baronet, was an English traveller and Orientalist. In 1798 was appointed a writer in the British East India Company's factory at Canton (Guangzhou), and subsequently its chief. In 1805 he translated a work of Dr George Pearson into Chinese. Five years later, he published an English translation of a significant part of the Chinese legal code. In 1801 he succeeded his father to the baronetcy and in April 1803 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Editore: Printed By W. Bulmer and Co. for G. Nicol, London, 1798
Da: Easton's Books, Inc., Mount Vernon, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: VG. 2nd Edition. Hardbacks in Very Good condition without dust jackets. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 517, 626 pages. Includes only volume 1 and volume 2, lacks folio atlas volume. Bound in full leather. Ownership bookplates to front pastedowns; front board hinges repaired and front boards reattached to bindings. Minor page foxing mostly limited to endpapers; some light rubbing to edges . Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information.
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"View of the Lake Pao-Yng where it is separated from the Grand Canal by the Embankment of Earth" Copper engraving by Elizabeth Ellis after a drawing by William Alexander (1767-1816) from the "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" written by Sir George Leonard Staunton and published April 12, 1796 in London by G. Nicol. Coloured by a later hand. Size (image): 30 x 47 cm. The embassy was headed by Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), who was dispatched to Beijing in 1792. He was accompanied by Staunton a medical doctor as his secretary, and a retinue of suitably impressive size, including Staunton s 11-year-old son who was nominally the ambassador s page. On the embassy s arrival in China it emerged that the 11-year-old was the only European member of the embassy able to speak Mandarin, and thus the only one able to converse with the Emperor. Lord Macartney's embassy was unsuccessful, the Chinese resisting British overtures to establish diplomatic relations in view of opening the vast Chinese realms to free trade, but it opened the way for future British missions, which would eventually lead to the first Opium War and the cession of Hong Kong to Britain in 1842. It also resulted in this invaluable account, prepared at government expense, largely from Lord Macartney's notes, by Staunton, of Chinese manners, customs and artifacts at the height of the Qing dynasty. The engravings are of special interest because of their depiction of subjects that very few Europeans had heard of or seen, showing how advanced Chinese civilisation was on a technical, artistic and organizational level. Staunton describes this scene as follows: "At this place the barges of the Embassy halted, while their large single masts were taken down and others erected in their stead, consisting each of two poles meeting together at the top, and extending at the bottom to each side of the vessel, where they turn on swivels, and may thus be lowered down speedily, so as to permit the barges to pass thro the arches of bridges, which are very frequent in the southern part of the grand canal." Price: Euro 395,-.
Editore: W. Bulmer, 1798
Da: Arader Galleries of Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. vvery nice full leather with raised ribs volumes 1 & 2 only front board loose on vol 1 pages all vg+.
Editore: Printed by P. Wogan . et al., Dublin, 1798
Da: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Octavo, Volume 1 only: xv, 449 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is brown with gold print on red banner. Boards in brown leather. Wear to spine caps with tear to spine head, corners worn and exposed, some warping, cracks to leather on spine. Text block front flyleaf torn at hinge, faint foxing throughout. Illustrated: b&w plates (engravings). Note: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Section. 1376886. FP New Rockville Stock.
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"A Front View of the Hall of Audience at the Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen" Copper engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by William Alexander (1767-1816 ) from the "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" written by Sir George Leonard Staunton and published April 12, 1796 in London by G. Nicol. Coloured by a later hand. Size (image): 23,9 x 35,8 cm. The embassy was headed by Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), who was dispatched to Beijing in 1792. He was accompanied by Staunton a medical doctor as his secretary, and a retinue of suitably impressive size, including Staunton s 11-year-old son who was nominally the ambassador s page. On the embassy s arrival in China it emerged that the 11-year-old was the only European member of the embassy able to speak Mandarin, and thus the only one able to converse with the Emperor. Lord Macartney's embassy was unsuccessful, the Chinese resisting British overtures to establish diplomatic relations in view of opening the vast Chinese realms to free trade, but it opened the way for future British missions, which would eventually lead to the first Opium War and the cession of Hong Kong to Britain in 1842. It also resulted in this invaluable account, prepared at government expense, largely from Lord Macartney's notes, by Staunton, of Chinese manners, customs and artifacts at the height of the Qing dynasty. The engravings are of special interest because of their depiction of subjects that very few Europeans had heard of or seen, showing how advanced Chinese civilisation was on a technical, artistic and organizational level. Staunton describes the the hall of audience as follows: "The outside of this hall had a magnificent appearance. The approach to it was thro three quadrangular courts, surrounded by buildings, separated from each other. It was erected upon a platform of granite, raised about four feet above the level of the court before it. Its projecting roof was supported upon two rows of large wooden columns, the shafts of which were painted red, and varnished; and the capitals ornamented with various scrolls and devices, in vivid colouring, particularly with dragons, whose feet were armed with five claws each. Dragons may be marked on the edifices and furniture of the princes of the Emperor's court, but with four claws only to their feet; the fifth is reserved for his Imperial Majesty alone. A net of gilt wire, scarcely perceptible, is spread over the whole entablature of the building, to prevent birds from resting upon any of the projecting points, of which a great number are brought out in a regular order." Price: Euro 195,-.
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"The Fire-Back Pheasant of Java" Copper engraving by William Skelton after a drawing by William Alexander (1767-1816 ) from the "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" written by Sir George Leonard Staunton and published April 12, 1796 in London by G. Nicol. Coloured by a later hand. Size (image): 31 x 24,2 cm. The embassy was headed by Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), who was dispatched to Beijing in 1792. He was accompanied by Staunton a medical doctor as his secretary, and a retinue of suitably impressive size, including Staunton s 11-year-old son who was nominally the ambassador s page. On the embassy s arrival in China it emerged that the 11-year-old was the only European member of the embassy able to speak Mandarin, and thus the only one able to converse with the Emperor. Lord Macartney's embassy was unsuccessful, the Chinese resisting British overtures to establish diplomatic relations in view of opening the vast Chinese realms to free trade, but it opened the way for future British missions, which would eventually lead to the first Opium War and the cession of Hong Kong to Britain in 1842. It also resulted in this invaluable account, prepared at government expense, largely from Lord Macartney's notes, by Staunton, of Chinese manners, customs and artifacts at the height of the Qing dynasty. The engravings are of special interest because of their depiction of subjects that very few Europeans had heard of or seen, showing how advanced Chinese civilisation was on a technical, artistic and organizational level. Price: Euro 195,-.
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"Section and Elevation of a Wheel used by the Chinese for Raising Water" Copper engraving by William Skelton after a drawing by William Alexander (1767-1816 ) from the "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" written by Sir George Leonard Staunton and published April 12, 1796 in London by G. Nicol. Coloured by a later hand. Size (image): 26,5 x 45 cm. The embassy was headed by Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), who was dispatched to Beijing in 1792. He was accompanied by Staunton a medical doctor as his secretary, and a retinue of suitably impressive size, including Staunton s 11-year-old son who was nominally the ambassador s page. On the embassy s arrival in China it emerged that the 11-year-old was the only European member of the embassy able to speak Mandarin, and thus the only one able to converse with the Emperor. Lord Macartney's embassy was unsuccessful, the Chinese resisting British overtures to establish diplomatic relations in view of opening the vast Chinese realms to free trade, but it opened the way for future British missions, which would eventually lead to the first Opium War and the cession of Hong Kong to Britain in 1842. It also resulted in this invaluable account, prepared at government expense, largely from Lord Macartney's notes, by Staunton, of Chinese manners, customs and artifacts at the height of the Qing dynasty. The engravings are of special interest because of their depiction of subjects that very few Europeans had heard of or seen, showing how advanced Chinese civilisation was on a technical, artistic and organizational level. Staunton describes the irrigation with a water wheel as follows: "To apply the system of irrigation to those plantations, which were on a sandy soil far elevated above the river, it was necessary to raise the water to heights which could not be attained by the means hitherto mentioned to be practised by the Chinese. But the want suggested the resource; and a machine was invented by them, as ingenious in its contrivance, as it was cheap in its materials, easy in its operation, and effectual to its purpose. Two hard-wood posts or uprights were firmly fixed in the bed of the river, in a line perpendicular to its bank. These posts supported the axis, about ten feet in length, of a large and durable wheel, consisting of two unequal rims, the diameter of one of which, closest to the bank, being about fifteen inches shorter than that of the outer rim; but both dipping in the stream, while the opposite segment of the wheel rises above the elevated bank. This double wheel is connected with the axis, and is supported by sixteen or eighteen spokes obliquely inserted near each extremity of the axis, and crossing each other at about two-thirds of their length. They are there strengthened by a concentric circle, and fastened afterwards to the rims: the spokes inserted in the interior extremity of the axis, reaching the outer rim, and those proceeding from the exterior extremity of the same axis, reaching the inner and smaller rim. Between the rims and the crossings of the spokes, is woven a kind of close basket-work, serving as ladleboards or floats, which meeting successively the current of the stream, obey its impulse, and turn round the wheel. To both its rims are attached small tubes or spouts of wood, with an inclination of about twenty-five degrees to the horizon, or to the axis of the wheel. The tubes are closed at their outer extremity, and open at the opposite end. By this position, the tubes which happen in the motion of the wheel to be in the stream with their mouths or open ends uppermost, fill with water. As that segment of the wheel rises, the mouths of the tubes attached to it, alter their relative inclination, but not so much as to let their contents flow out, till such segment of the wheel becomes the top. The mouths of those tubes are then relatively depressed, and pour the water into a wide trough placed on posts, from whence it is conveyed as may be wanted among the canes." Price: Euro 195,-.
Editore: G. Nicol London, 1796
Da: J. R. Young, Birmingham, Regno Unito
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Large double-page engraving, with centrefold. A low panoramic view of the city's sea-front, busy more-detailed foreground of anchored British warship, western merchant vessel, working junks and other local craft; above which two panoramic views from the sea of Cape Macartney with Cape Gower, and Cape Macartney with Staunton's Island. Sheet size 565x780mm. Plate size 545x765mm, within which:- title, publishing details ("London. Published April 12 1796 by G. Nicol") and engraver's name beneath main view, titles beneath each of the upper views, and plate number at upper right. That section of lower margin outside of plate mark narrow, that section of right-hand margin outside of plate mark very narrow and gently tapering from foot until sheet edge and plate mark coincide. Upper & lower sheet edges lightly toned, main view faintly & patchily so, and upper views very faintly & patchily so. Light spotting both inside & outside of plate mark in lower margin and towards foot of left-hand margin, and a few minor spots elsewheres. Late-18th century engraving, generally clean and in VERY GOOD condition.
Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2012
ISBN 10: 1108045618ISBN 13: 9781108045612
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Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2012
ISBN 10: 1108045618ISBN 13: 9781108045612
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Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2012
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Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2012
ISBN 10: 1108045618ISBN 13: 9781108045612
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