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A complete view of the Chinese Empire. Exhibited in a geographical description of that country, a dissertation on its antiquity, and a genuine and copious account of Earl Macartney's embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China.

London, printed and published by G. Cawthorn, 1798. 8vo. vi + lxxii + 224 + 275–456 pp. +1 engraved portrait. Pp. 225–274 omitted in pagination. Contemporary mottled calf, spine attractively decorated in gilt in compartments, black label, rubbed. Cordier, BS, 4, col. 2392.

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