Rare, 5 Vols., In-8. "journey Into The Interior Of China And Tartary—1798. Lord Macartney 18"

A rare and beautiful 18th-century *Illustrated Travel Book*, complete with its 5th supplementary volume; in In-8 format. Half-calf binding with smooth spines, title label in red morocco leather, covers in fine blue marbled paper, from the library of Alphrède Gouttiez (with an old handwritten signature). Printed in Paris by F. Buisson, Printer and Bookseller, (1798);  "Travels into the Interior of China and into Tartary, Undertaken in the Years 1792, 1793, and 1794, by Lord Macartney, Ambassador of the King of England to the Emperor of China;  Including an account of this embassy, the voyage undertaken on this occasion by the ships the Lion and the Indostan, and highly interesting details about the Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch colonies where these ships called: Compiled from the papers of Lord Macartney, those of Sir Erasmus Gower, commander of the expedition, and other members of the embassy; by Sir George Staunton, of the Royal Society of London; Secretary of the British Embassy and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of China: Translated from the English, with notes, by J. Castéra. Illustrated with engraved fold-out figures and maps in intaglio.