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Title: Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, and of a Voyage to and from that Country, in the Years 1816 and 1817; Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Transactions of Lord Amherst's Embassy to the Court of Pekin, and Observations on the Countries which it visited Author: Abel, Clarke Place: London Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown Date: 1819 Description: xvi, 420 pp.; errata slip. With 18 (of 19) aquatint plates, 8 of them hand-colored; 4 maps & charts, 3 of them folding. (4to) 10½x8¼, period calf-backed boards, spine ruled & lettered in gilt. First Edition. Detailed observations of China at the start of the 19th century, especially notable for the striking hand-colored plates. Lacking one of the six uncolored, untitled plates of plants. Lot Amendments Condition: Rubbing and wear to covers, paper peeling off the boards in places; some soiling and foxing to contents, occasional marginal dampstaining, front hinge cracking, overall very good. Item number: 188989