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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The A Voyage to Cochin China, in the years 1792 and 1793: containing a general view of the productions and political importance of this kingdom; also of such European settlements as were visited on the vo.

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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The A Voyage to Cochinchina, in the Years 1792 and 1793.

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Paperback / softback. New. Later famous as Second Secretary to the Admiralty and a supporter of Arctic exploration, Sir John Barrow (1764-1848) joined Lord Macartney's British embassy to China in 1792-4. During this time he visited Cochinchina (now Vietnam). This 1806 illustrated travelogue covers the embassy's voyage via Brazil and Java.

Cambridge University Press, 2015. Paperback. New. 510 pages. 11.70x8.20x1.20 inches.

London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches; 266 x 212 mm). xviii, [2], 447, [1, blank] pp. With twenty-one hand-colored aquatint plates and maps, two of which are double page and one which is folding. Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked preserving original spine. Boards tooled in gilt. Spine with two morocco spine labels, lettered and stamped in gilt. Board edges stamped in gilt. Edges speckled red and green. Marbled endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Some toning from plates. Small hole to leaf G2, barely touching a letter. Small tear to bottom margin of leaf P2, not affecting text. Overall a very good copy. "This is the first illustrated English work on what was then called Cochin China, now southern Vietnam. The work is described as being 'Illustrated and embellished with several engravings by Medland, coloured after the original drawings by Mr. Alexander and Mr. Daniell.' In the Paris edition of 1807, the plates were… Read More