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A narrative of the British embassy to China in the years 1792, 1793, and 1794 : containing the various circumstances of the embassy, with accounts of customs and manners of the Chinese; and a description of the country, towns, cities, &c. &c. / by Aeneas Anderson.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1795 Anderso
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, Aeneas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806.
- Macartney, George Macartney.
- Chinese language.
- Voyages and travels.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--China.
- Great Britain.
- China--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- China.
- China--History--Qianlong, 1736-1795.
- China--Description and travel.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 278, [26] p. ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin : Printed by William Porter, for P. Wogan, P. Byrne, W. Jones, B. Dugdale, G. Folingsby, and J. Pots, Jun., 1795.
- Notes:
- Includes an 'Appendix containing an account of the transactions of the squadron during the absence of the embassy' (p. [1]-[24]), and a 'Glossary of Chinese words' (p. [25]-[26]).
- With a half title.
- Written with the assistance of William Combe. Cf. ESTC.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Breck bequest.
- Athenaeum copy conserved with a grant from the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.
- Athenaeum copy: Library also has copy of 1795 Philadelphia edition.
- Cited in:
- ESTC(RLIN), N009957
- OCLC:
- 17013070
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