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‎STAUNTON, Sir George. ‎

Reference : P2-4A-2

(1797)

‎AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF AN EMBASSY FROM THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN. Together with a relation of the voyage undertaken on the occasion by His Majesty's ship the Lion, and the ship Hindostan, in the East India Company's service, to the Yellow Sea, and Gulf of Pekin; as well as of their return to Europe; with notices of the several places where they stopped in their way out and home. Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the the Earl of Macartney.; Sir Erasmus Gower., and of other Gentlemen in the several departments of the Embassy.‎

‎Londres, Nicol, 1797. Première édition in-8°, complète en 3 volumes avec 3 grandes cartes dépliantes gravées par B. Baker. In-8° (220x140mm), reliés demi-basane, dos lisses décorés, petit manque à une coiffe. XVI-429pp. ; XV-383pp. ; XVII-490pp. ; tableau dépliant, illustré de 25 planches H.T., 3 grandes cartes dépliantes 42.5x62cm et 67.5x47 cm. Edition in-8° publiée la même année que l’originale, Staunton était secrétaire de Lord Macartney, envoyé pour établir des relations commerciales avec la Chine. La mission fut un désastre, la seule personne parlant le mandarin était le jeune fils de 11 ans qui sauva les apparences. Il visita Madère, Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro, Java, Sumatra, la Cochinchine etc. STAUNTON, Sir George. AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF AN EMBASSY FROM THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN. Together with a relation of the voyage undertaken on the occasion by His Majesty's ship the Lion, and the ship Hindostan, in the East India Company's service, to the Yellow Sea, and Gulf of Pekin; as well as of their return to Europe; with notices of the several places where they stopped in their way out and home . Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the the Earl of Macartney .; Sir Erasmus Gower ., and of other Gentlemen in the several departments of the Embassy. In Three Volumes. London: Printed for G. Nicol, 1797. First octavo edition, complete as issued in 3 volumes with 3 large fold-out maps engraved by B. Baker. Pp. xvi,429; xv,383; xvii,490 + [1] foldout leaf ('Appendix VII') inserted after p. 486. Worn contemporary bindings of diced calf with gilt lettering on spine. Folding frontispiece map in each volume: 1. 'A General Chart on Mercator's Projection, to show the train of the Lion and Hindostan from England to the Gulf of Pekin in Chiana, and of the their return to England.' 42.5 x 62.5 cm. 2. 'A Sketch of a Journey from ZHE-HOL in TARTARY by land to PEKIN and from thence by water to HANG-TCHOO-FOO in CHINA,' by J. Barrow. 67 X 47.5 cm. 3. 'Sketch of a Journey from HANG-TCHOO-FOO to QUANG-TCHOO-FOO of CANTON in CHINA,' by J. Barrow. 65 x 46.5 cm. (This edition, published in the same year and by the same publisher as the first two-volume quarto edition with the separate folio atlas of plates which was prepared at Government expense, is complete with only three maps as offered here.) Although Macartney's embassy to install a resident British minister and establish trade relations with China was not successful, it c. ‎


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‎STAUNTON, George Leonard (Sir) / MACARTNEY, George (Lord) ‎

Reference : 6655

(1797)

‎AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF AN EMBASSY FROM KING OF GREAT BRITAIN TO THE EMPEROR OF CHINA; including cursory observations made, and informationS obtained, in travelling through that ancient empire, and a small port of Chinese Tartary. Together with a relation of THE VOYAGE UNDERTAKEN ON THE OCCASION by his majestys ship the Lion, and the ship Hindostan, in the east India Companys service, to the yellow sea, and Gulf of Pekin; as well as of their return to Europe; With notices of the several places where they stopped in their way out and home; being the Islands of Madeira, Tenerife, and St. Jago; the port of Rio de Janeiro in South America; the Island of St. Helena, Tristan dAcunha, and Amsterdam; the Coast of Java, and Sumatra, the Nanka Isles, Pulo Condore, and Cochin-China. Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellence the EARL OF MACCARTNEY, Knight of the Bath, His Majestys Embassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of China; Sir Erasmus Gower, Commander of the Expedition, and of other Gentlemen in the several departments of the Embassy. By SIR GEORGE STAUNTON, Baronet, Honorary Doctor of Laws of the University of Oxford, Fellow of the Royal Society of London, his Majestys Secretary of Embassy to the Emperor of China [].London, W. Bulmer, G. Nicol, 1797. ‎

‎ 1797 London, W. Bulmer, G. Nicol, 1797. 2 vol. in-4 de texte (25 x 31.5 cm) et 1 atlas in-fol. de planches (55.5 x 43 cm). I/ xxxiv-518 pp.; II/ xx-626 pp.; ATLAS/ 44 pl. grav. Édition originale bien complète de toutes les gravures. Volumes de texte illustrés dun portrait de lempereur Tchien Lung gravé par Collyer daprès W. Alexander, en frontispice du 1er vol., dun portrait de Macartney par J. Hall daprès J. Hickey en frontispice du 2ème vol., de 27 vignettes dans le texte et dune gravure en pleine page. En tête du 1er vol.: Description détaillée des planches et des gravures. Atlas comportant 44 pl. grav. (6 à double page, 37 à pleine page et la célèbre «General Chart on Mercators projection []») daprès John Barrow pour la géographie, S. Edwards pour les sciences naturelles et W. Alexander pour les autres sujets. Soit: 10 cartes de géographie, 3 vues topographiques, 1 pl. de botanique et 2 pl. de zoologie, 12 pl. darchitecture, avec plans, élévations, vues de monuments, villes ou sites, 6 pl. en lien avec la navigation et lhydraulique, 6 pl. à caractère ethnographique, 3 pl. sur des arts de la guerre, 1 pl. en lien direct avec le protocole de lambassade. Ensemble exécuté par 17 graveurs différents (Skelton / B. Baker / Ellis / J. Landseer & J. Shirt / J. Caldwill / J. Pafs. / B. J. Pouney / Medland / J. Dadley / W. Loury / J. Fittler / Hall / J. Heath / J. Chapman / Wilson / W. Byrne). Volumes de texte reliés en demi-toile brune à coins. Dos lisses. Etiquettes de titre sur les plats sup. et les dos. Atlas en demi-toile noire. Dos lisse avec titre en doré. Quelques rousseurs aux barbes des vol. de texte, sinon intérieur en excellent état, très belle édition à grande marge. Reliures de travail sobres et solides. Mors de pied de latlas fendus, quelques rousseurs et rares piqûres sur les marges des planches, sans défaut; images parfaitement propres et fraîches. Rare dans cet état. ‎


‎Le recueil de cette fameuse ambassade a été préparé sur ordre du gouvernement britannique. Outre limportance historique de louvrage, ce recueil est particulièrement intéressant pour les descriptions géographiques des lieux visités: Madère, Ténériffe, Rio de Janeiro, St. Hélène, Tristan da Cunha, lîle Amsterdam, Java, Sumatra, la Cochinchine [Vietnam], etc La Grande Bretagne souhaitait établir des relations diplomatiques officielles avec la Chine, notamment pour les rapports commerciaux. Mais lautosuffisance économique de la Chine, qui depuis des siècles navait admis de présence étrangère, rendit lambassade le Lord Macartney peu fructueuse. Plus quune réussite politique, cette ambassade fut loccasion de cet admirable recueil qui livre un témoignage unique sur la Chine du XVIIIe siècle. Biblio.: Boucher de la Richarderie, V, 302-356 / Brunet, V, 525 / Cordier, IV, 2382 / Cox, I, 344. Langue‎

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