Shelfmark
Bk.5.20
Author
Title
The journals of Major Samuel Shaw, the first American consul at Canton. With a life of the author, by Josiah Quincy.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Boston : Wm. Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1847.
Physical description
xiv, 360p, plate ; 8vo.
Note
Half-title.
Note
Frontispiece of Samuel Shaw.
Note
Ms. note on the Shaws.
Provenance
Given to Eton by Nicholas Kessler in 1996; Kessler bookplate.
Provenance
Ms. dedication to Francis George Shaw from his father, Robert Gould Shaw, dated July 14. 1847.
Provenance
Ms. dedication to Josphine Shaw Lowell from her mother, Sarah B. Shaw, dated February 5th 1894.
Binding
19th century blind-stamped brown morocco with central lozenge.
Subject
Subject
United States History 1775-1783.
Subject
China Description and travel.
Subject
India Description and travel.
Subject
United States Foreign relations China.
Subject
China Foreign relations United States.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
United States Massachusetts Boston.
Identifier
B11710