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BARROW (John) A Journey to China, supplementing Lord Macartn…
See original version (French)
85
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BARROW (John) A Journey to China, supplementing Lord Macartn…
See original version (French)
Estimate €100 - €150
Voluntary lot
Description
BARROW (John) A Journey to China, supplementing Lord Macartney’s account; containing observations and descriptions made during the author’s stay at the imperial palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and whilst travelling through the Chinese Empire, from Peking to Canton. . . Followed by the account of the embassy sent to Peking in 1719 by Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia: translated from the English, with notes, by J. Castéra. Paris, F. Buisson, Year XIII (1805). XVI, 32 pp. of publisher’s catalogue, 462 pp.; (2)ff., 400 pp.; (2) ff., 392 pp.
Text only, without the Atlas. First French edition, translated and annotated by Jean-Henri Castéra, published one year after the original English edition.
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About the sale
Antique and modern books: catalogued sale
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11/14/2026 at 10:30 AM
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