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ELLIS, Sir Henry. Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China. London: John Murray, 1817. 4° (286 x 212mm). Etched portrait, 3 engraved maps, one folding, and 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates, with the final errata leaf (slight spotting and waterstaining). Original boards with remains of paper label on spine, partly unopened (rebacked, hinges cracked, covers somewhat soiled).

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ELLIS, Sir Henry. Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China. London: John Murray, 1817. 4° (286 x 212mm). Etched portrait, 3 engraved maps, one folding, and 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates, with the final errata leaf (slight spotting and waterstaining). Original boards with remains of paper label on spine, partly unopened (rebacked, hinges cracked, covers somewhat soiled).

FIRST EDITION of this entertaining account of Lord Amherst's embassy to the Chinese emperor which ended in failure owing to Amherst's refusal to kow-tow (lying prone and banging the head nine times upon the ground). Abbey Travel 536. Tooley 208.
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