China.- Daniell (Thomas & William) A Picturesque Voyage to India, by the way of China, first edition, 1810.
China.- Daniell (Thomas and William) A Picturesque Voyage to India, by the way of China, first edition, 50 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates with grey wash border, all on thick paper, text and plates mounted on stubs, some light browning or soiling, modern red morocco, a little spotted and marked, one or two small gouges to lower cover, spine faded, [Abbey Travel 516; Tooley 173], a very good copy, oblong folio, bound as folio, 1810.
⁂ The Daniells left England in April 1785 on board the Indiaman Atlas, arriving in Whampoa, China, in August. Having spent several months in China they then sailed on to Calcutta. Includes views of Madeira, the Cape of Good Hope, Java, Macao and Canton with roughly half the plates depicting China (views, costumes, interiors etc.).
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China.- Daniell (Thomas and William) A Picturesque Voyage to India, by the way of China, first edition, 50 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates with grey wash border, all on thick paper, text and plates mounted on stubs, some light browning or soiling, modern red morocco, a little spotted and marked, one or two small gouges to lower cover, spine faded, [Abbey Travel 516; Tooley 173], a very good copy, oblong folio, bound as folio, 1810.
⁂ The Daniells left England in April 1785 on board the Indiaman Atlas, arriving in Whampoa, China, in August. Having spent several months in China they then sailed on to Calcutta. Includes views of Madeira, the Cape of Good Hope, Java, Macao and Canton with roughly half the plates depicting China (views, costumes, interiors etc.).