A narrative of the British embassy to China in the years 1792, 1793, and 1794
Subtitle: containing the various circumstances of the embassy with accounts of customs and manners of the Chinese and a description of the country, towns, cities, &c. &c.
By: by Aeneas Anderson, then in the service of His Excellency Earl Macartney, K.B. ...
Contributors: Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806.; American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by T. Dobson ...
Published: 1795
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 393
Subjects: British -- China -- History -- 18th century; China -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; China -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800; China -- Foreign relations -- 1644-1912; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1789-1820; China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Evans 28190
Signatures: a-b⁶ A-2K⁶.
"Glossary of Chinese words": p. [391]-393.
"List of the gentlemen who composed the retinue of Earl Macartney": p. [xiii]-xvi.
Publisher's advertisements on p. [395-396] at end.
LC copy imperfect: half title wanting; p. 19-20 bound out of order.