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Dublin: Printed by P. Wogan ... et al., 1798. 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.

W. Bulmer, 1798. Hardcover. Very Good. vvery nice full leather with raised ribs volumes 1 & 2 only front board loose on vol 1 pages all vg+

London: Printed By W. Bulmer and Co. for G. Nicol. VG. 1798. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 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. .

1798. Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for P.Wogan, R.Cross, P.Byrne and others, 1798. 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 /… Read More

1797. STAUNTON, Sir George. AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF AN EMBASSY FROM THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN... 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 their way out and home ... Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the the Earl of Macartney ...; Sir Erasmus Gower ..., and of other Gentlemen in the several departments of the Embassy. In Three Volumes. London: Printed for G. Nicol, 1797. First octavo edition, complete as issued in 3 volumes with 3 large fold-out maps engraved by B. Baker. Pp. xvi,429; xv,383; xvii,490 + [1] foldout leaf ('Appendix VII') inserted after p. 486. Worn contemporary bindings of diced calf with gilt lettering on spine: spines are darkened, joints are starting and/or split, and the leather is pulling away from the boards, with some… Read More

Printed by W. Bulmer & Co. for G. Nicol. London. 1797. 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… Read More

London: printed by W. Bulmer and Co., for G. Nicol, 1798. Second edition, corrected. With 2 engraved portrait frontispieces, one engraved plate and 26 engraved illustrations to the text; atlas volume with 44 engraved plates and maps (including one folding & 6 double-page). 3 vols. 4to and Folio. Bound in contemporary half red straight morocco and vellum sides. Some offset to title pages, occasional spotting and minor dust-soiling. Red morocco backed slipcases and chemises. Second edition, corrected. With 2 engraved portrait frontispieces, one engraved plate and 26 engraved illustrations to the text; atlas volume with 44 engraved plates and maps (including one folding & 6 double-page). 3 vols. 4to and Folio. The official account of Lord Macartney's voyage and embassy to the Qianlong emperor in 1792-94, "compiled by the Secretary (and Minister Plenipotentiary in the absence of the Ambassador) Sir George Leonard Staunton. Macartney's chief object was to establish diplomatic relations with China.… Read More