![[CHINA] Two Works. R., J. ("Supercargo", pseud.). Diary of a Journey Overland, through the Maritime Provinces of China, from Manchao, on the South Coast of Hainan, to Canton, in the Years 1819 and 1820.](/sites/default/files/styles/auction_slider/public/images/lots/389/1574389.jpg?itok=ouClRI_A)
Lot Details
Lot 71
[CHINA] Two Works. R., J. ("Supercargo", pseud.). Diary of a Journey Overland, through the Maritime Provinces of China, from Manchao, on the South Coast of Hainan, to Canton, in the Years 1819 and 1820.
London: Richard Phillips, 1822. First separate edition. Modern wrappers. 8 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (22 x 14 cm); iv, 116 pp. Uncut; together with A Digest of the Dispatches on China. London: James Ridgway, 1840. Publisher's brown wrappers with title label on upper cover (marked 3s. 6d.). 9 x 5 1/2 inches (22.5 x 14.5 cm); [iv], 240 pp., 8 pp. ads.
The first is an anonymous account (the preface is simply signed "J.R. Supercargo") of a shipborne journey through China from Macao to Canton, including visit to Hainan Island, observations on the opium trade etc. This work was also published as part of Sir Richard Phillips' New Voyages and Travels (London, 1820-23); a number of the titles in that work were issued separately, as here. The second is an octavo digest of the folio edition of the parliamentary papers on the lead-up to the First Opium War, and is quite rare in commerce. Lowendahl 940.
C
Additional Notes & Condition Report
No condition report? Click here to request one.