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Lot 127
Sale 6330 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 8, 2025
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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BARROW, John, Sir (1764-1848). Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton. London: A. Strahan for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804.
4to (267 x 206 mm). 5 hand-colored aquatint plates, 3 engraved plates (2 double-page). (Light spotting to title-page and uncolored plates.) Contemporary diced calf, covers with single gilt-tooled frame (rebacked preserving original spine).
FIRST EDITION. John Barrow was a member of Lord Macartney's embassy to China, and his works includes "an account of that mission that contains some first-hand information not found in Staunton" (Lowendahl). Abbey Travel 531; Cordier Sinica 2388; Hill 64; Löwendahl 724; Lust 365; Tooley 84.