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Exploration and Travel Literature, Various Owners
Lot 1031¤

ELLIS, HENRY. 1777-1869.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China; Comprising a Correct Narrative of the Public Transactions of the Embassy, of the Voyage to and from China, and of the Journey from the Mouth of the Pei-Ho to the Return to Canton. London: John Murray, 1817.

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ELLIS, HENRY. 1777-1869.

Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China; Comprising a Correct Narrative of the Public Transactions of the Embassy, of the Voyage to and from China, and of the Journey from the Mouth of the Pei-Ho to the Return to Canton. London: John Murray, 1817.
4to (270 x 212 mm). Engraved portrait frontis, 7 hand-colored aquatint plates, 3 maps (one folding, with tears). Calf-backed boards, worn, dried, front cover detached, first gathering loose, dampstaining.
Provenance: George Warre (engraved bookplate).

Ellis, in the capacity of third commissioner, accompanied Lord Amherst's embassy to China in 1816. He provides a detailed account of the expedition, including its early curtailment due to Amherst's refusal to kowtow to the Emperor. "This edition, with hand-coloured aquatints, is much prized" (Hill 542). Abbey Travel 536; Cordier Sinica 2393; Lust 509.

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