An Embassy To China: Being The Journal Kept by Lord Macartney during his Embassy to the Emperor Ch'ien-lung 1793-1794
by Macartney, Lord
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: The Folio Society . One quarter cloth with decor. cardboard sides and gilt title to spine. 314pp. Col. illus. Maps to end papers. Inc. illus. slipcase, which has some shelf wear o/w a really lovely copy. OVERSEAS ORDERS MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING. . Very Good. Hardcover. 2004.
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- Bookseller
- Broad Street Book Centre (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110329
- Title
- An Embassy To China: Being The Journal Kept by Lord Macartney during his Embassy to the Emperor Ch'ien-lung 1793-1794
- Author
- Macartney, Lord
- Illustrator
- Alexander, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- China Britain embassy memoir Victorian unit seven
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