(Early Travel & Ethnography) 2 Vols plus Atlas. Staunton, George Leonard, Sir. An Authentic Account of Embassy from the King of Britain to the Emperor of China. London: Bulmer, 1797. Atlas in folio with 44 (of 44) engraved plates and maps, some fold-out and double-page, not hand-colored as in other copies; some plates with minor archival tape repairs, most but not all with library perforations intruding upon margins, affecting plates (by as much as 30mm). Text in 2 volumes, 4to, half-calf and boards, two engraved portraits, illustrations; bindings distressed, some dampstaining not affecting text, front matter loose, offsetting to title pages.