Travels in China, [electronic resource] : containing descriptions, observations, and comparisons, made and collected in the course of a short residence at the imperial palace of Yuen-min-yuen, and on a subsequent journey through the country, from Pekin to Canton: : in which it is attempted to appreciate the rank that this extraordinary empire may be considered to hold in the scale of civilized nations. : [Two lines of quotations in Latin and English] / By John Barrow, Esq. late private secretary to the Earl of Macartney, and one of his suite as ambassador from the King of Great Britain, to the Emperor of China.

Author/Creator:

Barrow, John, Sir, 1764-1848.

Edition:

The first American edition.

Publication:

Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by W.F. M'Laughlin, no. 28, North Second-Street., 1805.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 7955.

Format/Description:

Book
8, 422 p. : ill., music, port. ; 22 cm.

Subjects:

Qianlong, Emperor of China, 1711-1799.
China -- Description and travel.
China -- Social life and customs.

Place of Publication:

United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Notes:

"Printed by W.F. M'Laughlin, no. 28, N. Second-Street."--colophon, p. 422.
Error in paging: p. 184 misnumbered 284.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 7955).
Includes bibliographical references.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Online:

Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition 7955. Connect to full text.
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/327685

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