Our First Ambassador To China: An Account of the Life of George, Earl of Macartney with Extracts from His Letters, and The Narrative of His Experiences in China.

First edition. 8vo. xx, 479 pp. teg. With illustrations including tissue-guarded frontispiece. In the publisher's green cloth, gilt-stamped to spine and front board. Day's Library ticket gummed to front board. A very readable and well-illustrated account of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793, written by the great-granddaughter of that first envoy, George Macartney, from previously unpublished correspondence and documents. A very good copy, corners slightly bumped.