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THBBARROW, Sir John (1764-1848) Travels in China... London, 1804 [plates watermarked J Whatman 1801].
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BARROW, Sir John (1764-1848)
Travels in China, containing descriptions, observations, and comparisons, made and collected in the course of a short residence at the imperial palace of Yuen-min-yuen, and on a subsequent journey through the country from Peking to Canton.
London: for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804 [plates watermaked J Whatman 1801]. 4to (254 x 206). Hand-colored aquatint portrait frontispiece, 7 engraved or stipple-engraved plates (2 with two views per page). Contemporary sheep, red morocco lettering-piece gilt (worn, old tape repairs, discreet library label on spine). FIRST EDITION. Barrow was comptroller of household to Lord Macartney's embassy to China from 1792-1794. Though he's best known for his Mutiny on the Bounty , "during his lifetime, his accounts of his travels in eastern Asia and southern Africa, published between 1801 and 1807, were better known and more influential" (DNB ). - Shipping Info
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