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Gale, Sabin Americana, 2012-02-23. Paperback. Good.

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Paperback / softback. New.

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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The A Voyage to Cochinchina, in the Years 1792 and 1793.

Cambridge University Press, 2015. Paperback. New. 510 pages. 11.70x8.20x1.20 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Later famous as Second Secretary to the Admiralty and a supporter of Arctic exploration, Sir John Barrow (1764-1848) joined Lord Macartney's British embassy to China in 1792-4. During this time he visited Cochinchina (now Vietnam). This 1806 illustrated travelogue covers the embassy's voyage via Brazil and Java.

Cambridge University Press, 2015. Paperback. New. 510 pages. 11.70x8.20x1.20 inches.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 8x1x11. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806. In fine condition.. Quarto, with two folding maps and 18 coloured aquatint plates after W. Alexander and S. Daniell (of 19, with Plate I, the "View of Funchal in Madeira", present in photo-facsimile only); otherwise a fine copy in contemporary sprinkled calf, flat spine banded in gilt with gilt emblem at head of spine. First edition: this handsome colour-plate voyage book is the first illustrated English work on South Vietnam, particularly the region of Da Nang and Hue: Barrow gives the first accurate description of the region and its inhabitants by an Englishman. Dampier had touched in Vietnam on his circumnavigation more than one hundred years prior to this, but his visit was largely confined to the areas around the Gulf of Tonkin. Although missing one of its coloured plates (which is supplied in good facsimile), this is how the book sat on the shelves of the Northern Lighthouses Board, the Edinburgh-based body founded in 1786 to oversee the construction of… Read More

London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches; 266 x 212 mm). xviii, [2], 447, [1, blank] pp. With twenty-one hand-colored aquatint plates and maps, two of which are double page and one which is folding. Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked preserving original spine. Boards tooled in gilt. Spine with two morocco spine labels, lettered and stamped in gilt. Board edges stamped in gilt. Edges speckled red and green. Marbled endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Some toning from plates. Small hole to leaf G2, barely touching a letter. Small tear to bottom margin of leaf P2, not affecting text. Overall a very good copy. "This is the first illustrated English work on what was then called Cochin China, now southern Vietnam. The work is described as being 'Illustrated and embellished with several engravings by Medland, coloured after the original drawings by Mr. Alexander and Mr. Daniell.' In the Paris edition of 1807, the plates were… Read More

London 1806, Cadell. Recent full red leather, very good, 20 color aquatints, 2 folding maps, 1 mended,index, 447p.,small folio: 21.5 x 28 cm., contents clean, a few small fox marks, else firm & very solid, with tissue guards. FIRST EDITION *** *** *** . . . . THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE BOOK ON VIETNAM, 1806 . . . LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED WITH 20 HAND-COLORED AQUATINT PLATES . . . FIRST AND ONLY EDITION *** . This is the historic record of a voyage from England describing the British embassy of Lord Macartney to China. The work documents the voyage and the stops along the way, with a historic and first British official visit to Vietnam with stunning engravings of the Vietnamese & Vietnam. . This sumptuous work is beautifully bound in full leather, complete with all of its copper-etched hand-colored aquatint engravings, two are large folding maps, index, as issued. . *** SUBTITLE: continued: "... of the Manners, Character, and Condition of their Several Inhabitants. To Which is Annexed an… Read More