An Embassy To China: Being The Journal Kept By Lord Macartney During His Embassy To The Emperor Ch'ien-lung 1793-1794. by Lord Macartney - 2004

The Folio Society, 2004. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 2004. No Edition Remarks. 314 pages. Pictorial slipcase. Pictorial paper covered boards with cloth spine. Colour illustrations by Jonathan Spence. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Slipcase has light edge wear with minor marking to panels. Surfaces noticeably sunned.

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.

Folio Society. 2004 Folio Society first edition thus hardback in slipcase; very good condition, appears unread, with very good pictorial slipcase; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition Thus.. 2004.

In a fitted matching box. Green cloth spine with gilt title. Green dragon patterned boards.


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Being the Journal kept by Lord Macartney during his Embassy to the Emperor Ch'ien-lung 1793-1794. The book is illustrated with printing with the text of 111 colour reproductions of the original watercolors and sketches made during the Embassy by William Alexander. The book is edited by Jonathan Spence.
The Macartney Embassy (also called the Macartney Mission), was the first British diplomatic mission to China, which took place in 1793. It is named for its leader, George Macartney, Great Britain's first envoy to China. The goals of the mission included the opening of new ports for British trade in China, the establishment of a permanent embassy in Beijing, the cession of a small island for British use along China's coast, and the relaxation of trade restrictions on British merchants in Guangzhou (Canton). Macartney's delegation met with the Qianlong… Read More

London:: Folio Society,. Fine. 2004. Hardcover. Introduction by Jonathan Spence. Edited by J. L. Cranmer-Byng. First edition thus. Fine in a fine slipcase. .

London: Folio Society, 2004. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Alexander, William. Book is in NF condition with trace edge wear noted else a bright and solid copy. Book is housed in a NF slipcase with trace edge wear to extremities else bright and sturdy. FOLCAS 9/20

London: The Folio Society, 2004. 1st Thus. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket. quarto. William Alexander. pp XVIII, 314. 1st printing. An unread book.

London: Longmans, 1962. hardcover. very good(+)/very good. Edited with and Introduction and Notes by J. L. Cranmer-Byng. Frontis., one illustration and two maps. xvi + 421pp., 8vo, orange cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped. London: Longmans, (1962). A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/>