Sale 2563 - Lot 258
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Sale 2563 - Lot 258
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
Ellis, Sir Henry (1788-1855)
Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China.
London: Printed for John Murray, 1817.
First edition, portrait frontispiece of William Pitt Amherst, 1st Early Amherst (1773-1857), ambassador extraordinary to the court of China's Quing dynasty; illustrated with large folding engraved map, two full-paged maps, and seven hand-colored aquatint plates, some spotting; bound in original calf boards, quite scratched, old rebacking, front board detached, 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.
Abbey Travel 536; Hill 542; Löwendahl 791; Lust 509 Cordier BS 2393.
Provenance: from the Stephen White Collection
Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China.
London: Printed for John Murray, 1817.
First edition, portrait frontispiece of William Pitt Amherst, 1st Early Amherst (1773-1857), ambassador extraordinary to the court of China's Quing dynasty; illustrated with large folding engraved map, two full-paged maps, and seven hand-colored aquatint plates, some spotting; bound in original calf boards, quite scratched, old rebacking, front board detached, 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.
Abbey Travel 536; Hill 542; Löwendahl 791; Lust 509 Cordier BS 2393.
Provenance: from the Stephen White Collection