China.- Abel (Clarke) Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China..., first edition, 18 engraved plates by T. Fielding and others, all but 2 aquatint, one folding, 8 hand-coloured, 4 maps, 3 folding, wood-engraved illustrations, errata slip bound in, wax remnants to pastedowns, large creasing to title and front endpapers, some foxing and offsetting to and from plates, staining to a few leaves and plates (mostly marginal), bookplate, contemporary half calf, spine gilt with morocco label, spine sunned and rubbed, rubbing elsewhere, corners bumped, [Hill 2; cf. Abbey, Travel 537 & Tooley 1, both second edition], 4to, 1818.
⁂ The author was naturalist to Lord Amherst's embassy to China but the work also covers Java, Hong Kong, Manila and Saint Helena which were visited on the voyage, and includes botanical, zoological and geological plates.
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