BARROW, JOHN. 1764-1848.
Travels in China, containing descriptions, observations, and comparisons, made and collected in the course of a short residence at the imperial palace of Yuen-min-yuen, and on a subsequent journey through the country from Pekin to Canton.
In which it is attempted to appreciate the rank that this extraordinary empire may be considered to hold in the scale of civilized nations.
London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804
First edition
Hand-colored port frontispiece & 7 plates, 4 of them hand-colored.
Size 8 1/2 by 10 3/4" (278 x 215 mm).
632 pp
Original calf decorated with gilt embossed coat of arms on both covers.
Recently re-backed
Very good interior condition
Some wear of binding , new spine, minor occasional foxing.
Text in English
RARE, Second edition of this book has been sold on Christie's in 2016 for $1750

Barrow served as comptroller of household to Lord Macartney's embassy to China from 1792-1794. “It will be noticed that Barrow, like William Alexander, was in the Suite of the Earl of Macartney’s embassy of 1792 to the Emperor of China. The expedition provided the material for a number of interesting works on China, of which the above book, and Alexander’s The Costume of China [see previous lot] ... are notable examples” (Abbey).
“As a writer Barrow is best known for his Mutiny on the Bounty (1831) but, during his lifetime, his accounts of his travels in eastern Asia and southern Africa, published between 1801 and 1807, were better known and more influential” (Dictionary of National Biography).



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