Shelfmark
Bl.4.20 - Bl.4.21
Author
Uniform title
[Voyage de l'ambassade de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales hollandaises, vers l'empereur de la Chine, en 1794 et 1795. English]
Title
An authentic account of the embassy of the Dutch East-India Company, to the court of the emperor of China, in the years 1794 and 1795; (subsequent to that of the Earl of Macartney.) Containing a description of several parts of the Chinese empire, unknown to Europeans; taken from the journal of André Everard Van Braam ... Translated from the original of M. L. E. Moreau de Saint-Mery. With a correct chart of the route. Vol. I [- II].
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for R. Phillips, and sold by J. Debrett; Lee and Hurst; and by all other booksellers, 1798.
Physical description
2v., map (folded) ; 8vo.
Note
X.
Citation/references note
Cordier 2351; Lust 502
Provenance
Given to Eton by Nicholas Kessler in 1996; Kessler bookplate.
Provenance
Bookplate of John Selwin (19th/20th century).
Provenance
Signature: "John J. Ibbetson 18--" (title-page, slightly cropped).
Binding
19th/20th century half-leather and marbled paper.
Subject
Subject
China Description and travel Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Moreau de Saint-Méry, M. L. E., 1750 - 1819 (Mederic Louis Ellie) translator.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng fre
Identifier
B10642