Catalogue - Bauman Rare Books
Catalogue - Bauman Rare Books
Catalogue - Bauman Rare Books
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new acquisitions in a ll Fields | autumn 2012 | a n opening selection<br />
george leonard staunton<br />
Staunton’s “Remarkable Account Of Chinese Manners And Customs At The Close Of The 18th<br />
Century” (Hill): Complete With Scarce Elephant Folio Atlas Volume<br />
3. (CHINA) STAUNTON, George Leonard. An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the<br />
Emperor of China. London, 1797. Three volumes altogether. Two volumes quarto plus elephant folio atlas (17-1/2 by 23-1/2<br />
inches), period-style full (quarto volumes) or three-quarter (atlas) speckled calf gilt. $27,500.<br />
First edition of this splendidly detailed description of 18thcentury<br />
China, with engraved frontispiece portraits of the<br />
Emperor Tchien Lung and Lord Macartney and 27 additional<br />
in-text engravings, together with the Atlas plate volume containing<br />
44 finely engraved folio plates, including several large<br />
folding maps and charts—among the earliest accurate charts<br />
of the interior of China—and lovely picturesque views and<br />
cityscapes by William Alexander.<br />
Staunton’s Account offer a rich “account of the first British embassy<br />
to China, under Lord Macartney. Great Britain was anxious<br />
to establish formal diplomatic relations with China and<br />
thus opened the way for unimpeded trade relations, but centuries<br />
of Chinese reserve and self-sufficiency presented a formi-
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