An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China
Subtitle: including cursory observations made, and information obtained, in travelling through that ancient empire and a small part of Chinese Tartary ... taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney, Knight of the Bath, His Majesty's Embassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of China; Sir Erasmus Gower, commander of the expedition, and other gentlemen in the several departments of the embassy
By: by Sir George Staunton, Baronet.
Contributors: Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806.; Gower, Erasmus, Sir, 1742-1814.; Bioren, John, 1773-1835, printer.; Campbell, Robert, d. 1800, bookseller.; Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress); Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for Robert Campbell, by John [Bioren]
Published: 1799
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800.; China -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China -- Early works to 1800.; China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Evans 36363
Signatures: v. 1: [a]⁴ b-c⁴ B-2P⁴ chi1; v. 2: pi1 B-2L⁴ chi1 ²A-B⁴ [C]⁴.
Pagination: v. 1: xxiii, [1], 297, [1] p.; v. 2: 267, [1], xxiv p.