BARROW (JOHN) A Voyage to Cochinchina, in the Years 1792 and 1793... with Sketches of the Manner...

BARROW (JOHN) A Voyage to Cochinchina, in the Years 1792 and 1793... with Sketches of the Manners, Character, and Condition of their Several Inhabitants. To which is Annexed an Account of a Journey... to the Residence of the Chief of the Booshuana Nation, FIRST EDITION, 19 hand-coloured aquatint plates (one folding), 2 folding engraved maps and charts (one hand-coloured, one hand-coloured in outline), without half-title, title shorter and remounted, 2 folding plates strengthened on folds on blank verso, a couple of plates trimmed with loss to imprint, some spotting and off-setting, modern calf-backed marbled boards, red gilt morocco spine label [Abbey Travel 514; Cordier Sinica 2390; Lust 366], 4to, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 Footnotes: Barrow accompanied Macartney's embassy to China (the subject of A Voyage to Cochinchina) in the position of comptroller of the household. 'He served with distinction during this embassy and Macartney's governorship of the Cape of Good Hope (1797–9), collecting much of the commercial and strategic intelligence about the eastern seas and southern Africa that Macartney forwarded to Henry Dundas, president of the Board of Control and secretary of state at war' (ODNB). The work also includes descriptions of Brazil, and Java, and a separate narrative of a journey to the home of the Bechuanas and other tribes on the Orange River, South Africa. Provenance: 'My beloved little wife read this very entertaining book through to me during the winter evenings at Teignmouth - ending Jany. 4th 1848. G.D.E.', pencil inscription on p.437. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing