STAUNTON, George Leonard (1737-1801). An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. London: W. Bulmer and Co. for G. Nicol, 1797. Atlas volume, 2° (c.600 x 440mm). 44 engraved plates and maps, some double-page. (Some marginal spotting.) Original blue boards (spine defective, upper board detached, lower joint split but holding, extremities somewhat worn, some soiling, front endpaper creased).

STAUNTON, George Leonard (1737-1801). An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. London: W. Bulmer and Co. for G. Nicol, 1797. Atlas volume, 2° (c.600 x 440mm). 44 engraved plates and maps, some double-page. (Some marginal spotting.) Original blue boards (spine defective, upper board detached, lower joint split but holding, extremities somewhat worn, some soiling, front endpaper creased).

A TALL COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS of the atlas for this important mission, conceived on a grand scale, whereby Britain sought to improve diplomatic and commercial relations with China. A 'famous embassy... of considerable interest owing to the descriptions of the various places en route which were visited' -- including Madeira, Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro, Java, Sumatra, Cochin-China, etc. Cordier Sinica, 2382; Cox I, p.344; Brunet V, 525 ('Relation très-intéressante'). [With:] the first abridged edition of the account, published in the same year as the first, bound in modern calf. (2)