Davis (John Francis). The Fortunate Union..., 1829

Davis (John Francis 1795-1890). The Fortunate Union, A Romance, translated from the Chinese original, with notes and illustrations, to which he has added, A Chinese Tragedy, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Oriental Translation Fund, 1829, half-coloured title to each volume, lithographed facsimile frontispiece of Chinese writing to first volume, and single page lithographed map to frontispiece to second volume, 19th-century green cloth, bookplate of Robert H. Elliot and bookseller's ticket of Arthur Probsthain to front pastedown of each volume, 8vo

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The Fortunate Union is an anonymous 17th-century Chinese novel, here translated by John Francis Davis, Governor of Hong Kong from 1844-1848. He served on Lord Amherst's mission to China and for the East India Company. His deep scholarly understanding of and affinity with, his imposition of increased local taxes, Chinese culture, made him unpopular with the ex-patriate European trading community in Hong Kong.

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