Ellis (Sir Henry)

Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China;

Comprising a Correct Narrative of the Public Transactions of the Embassy, of the Voyage to and from China, and of the Journey from the Mouth of the Pei-Ho to the Return to Canton.

first edition, engraved frontispiece, 7 hand-coloured aquatints, 3 engraved maps, previous owner ' Henry William Vincent' signature to title-page, contemporary half calf over grey boards, rebacked, ownership armorial bookplate and signature to front paste-down, [Abbey, Travel 536;], 4to., 1817.

***Provenance: Vincent was a Clerk in the Treasury (1813-23) and Queen's Remembrancer of the Exchequer (1823-55).