1793, ISBN: d521de2e395ccc87f1fc39e459f19a03

Collection of 28 diaries, comprising approximately 5362 manuscript pages of entries, 389 manuscript pp. of memorandum notes, cash accounts, etc., dated 1887-1932; with 5 miscellaneous acc… Altro …

Collection of 28 diaries, comprising approximately 5362 manuscript pages of entries, 389 manuscript pp. of memorandum notes, cash accounts, etc., dated 1887-1932; with 5 miscellaneous account, memorandum, and address books, totaling 184 manuscript pp., plus 14 photographs, as follows:Diaries:26 diaries, approximately 5154 manuscript pp. of diary entries, plus 365 manuscript pp. of memorandum notes, cash accounts, etc., written by Dr. Frederick E. Hyde, dated 1887, 1896 -1897, 1900, 1903-1904, 1907-1909, 1911-1912, 1914-1919, 1921-1925, 1927-1929, and 1932; one day entry per page format; cheap limp leather bindings, volumes measure 3" x 5 ¾" each; 12 diaries lacking spines, the spines of 3 diaries are badly chipped, 1 diary's front cover loose, a number of the bindings are worn with chipping to covers, spines otherwise interiors are good; text written mainly in ink, first four volumes in pencil, in a legible hand.2 diaries, 208 manuscript pp., plus 24 pp. of memorandum notes, cash accounts, etc., written by Elizabeth "Lizzie" Alvina Hyde, dated 1911 and 1912. The 1911 diary bound in stiff red cloth, the 1912 diary is bound in limp red leather; both volumes measure 2 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches; in a 3 to 4 days entries per page format, with most days entries completed; entries written in both ink and pencil, in a crowded, but legible hand; although the volumes are not identified, cross-referencing with her father's diaries from the same years show that these two diaries were written by Lizzie Hyde.Miscellaneous Account, Memorandum, and Address Books:1 account book for expenses for "Westover Repairs," 46 manuscript pp., dated 5 February 1909 to 5 June 1923, measures 3 ½" x 6", bound in limp leather, good. Appears to have been written by Dr. Hyde and to be expenses for maintenance of a country home named "Westover", in Lawrence, Long Island.1 miscellaneous memorandum book, 27 manuscript pp.; measures 3" x 5 ¼", bound in cloth binding, written by Dr. Hyde and includes lists of books that he either read, or wanted to read, or add to his library, plus notes on the presidential elections of 1884 and 1889, and other political notes, statistics, etc.1 address book, 16 pp., measures 3 ½" x 4 ¼", leather, includes names and addresses, one to three or so entries per page, not dated, no signature, likely kept Dr. Hyde.1 address book, 63 manuscript pp., measures 3 ½" x 5 ¾", not dated, bound in limp leather, binding chipped, includes names and addresses, likely written by Dr. Hyde. This volume appears to be older than the one above.1 address book (letters and telegrams notes), 32 manuscript pp., measures 3 ¼" x 4 ½", bound in limp leather, includes names and dates of letters and telegrams sent, likely kept by Dr. Hyde.Photographs:10 carte-de visite photographs of Hyde family members, including: 1 of Dr. Frederick E. Hyde, taken in Paris, France, c.1870s; 1 of Elizabeth Alvina Hyde, as a young woman, dated 1890, taken by a Utica, New York photographer, W.C. North; 1 of Ida Josephine Babbitt, as a young woman before she was married, taken in a NYC studio; and the daughters of Ralph and Mary Hyde: 1 of Florence Emily Hyde; 1 of Alice Mary Hyde; 1 of Isabel Campbell Hyde; 1 of Ethel Hyde; 1 of [Loina] Brooks Hyde; as well as 2 unlabeled. 1 cabinet card black and white photograph of Ralph Underhill Hyde, dated August 1896. 1 black and white matted portrait of Dr. Frederick E. Hyde, dated c. 1897. 1 tintype photograph of Ida Josephine Babbitt, as a young woman, not dated.1 black and white photograph, measures 3" x 5 ½", of a group of men and women, labeled: "At Mr. and Mrs. Warner M. Leed's residence, Santa Barbara, Cal., June 20, 1919, Mr. Herbert M. Hyde at left."Description of Diaries:The 26 diaries kept by Dr. Hyde record the events of his many trips around the world. The wealthy widower of Babbitt Soap heiress Ida J. Babbitt Hayes, Dr. Hyde traveled extensively after the death of his wife and was often accompanied by his second wife Katherine and/or his children and other family members. Hyde enjoyed first class travel on notable ships, took many voyages to Europe and many other destinations, stayed at the finest hotels; took a few train trips to the West Coast, with nice accommodations on the Overland Limited; took a train trip to the 1915 San Francisco Panama Exposition, plus regular trips to Pocono Manor Inn in Pennsylvania; York Cliffs in Maine; Ridgefield, Connecticut, and Atlantic City, New Jersey. He also visited Canada and New Hampshire's White Mountains. The diaries were kept while traveling, as follows:1887 Steamer Germanic for England, Italy, etc.; 96 pp. + 22 pp.1896 France and Middle East; ship passage from France through Port Said via Gulf of Suez, Bombay, India, etc. diary is for month of December only 31 pp.1897 - India, Italy, France, and England trip to India November 1896 to 13 August 1897, included Dr. Hyde, Elizabeth, Josephine, Mabel, a maid and a courier; 200 pp. + 21pp.1900 - Egypt Nile River trip, Pyramids, Cairo, Luxor, and Europe: Turkey, Greece, Italy, Austria, France, England, etc.), included Dr. Hyde, Isabel C. Hyde, Ida Josephine Hyde; 149 pp.+ 11 pp.1903 England - 25 July to 24 Oct, included Elizabeth, Mabel, Talbot, Dr. Hyde, to England down the Wye, Paris Tours Chateaux; 102 pp. + 30 pp.1904 - France automobile tour in Chateau Country 22 April to 16 July, party includes Wm. Lord Sexton, Mrs. Sexton (Dr. Hyde's daughter), Dr. Hyde; White Star Line "Canopia"to Azores, Gibraltar, Marseilles, & Genoa; White Star Line "Cedric" Liverpool to NYC; 99 pp. + 21 pp.1907 - Ship France to Paris, France, Palermo Sicily, and Europe Dr. and Mrs. Hyde to Italy, Sicily, Capri, Sorrento, Amalfi, Ravello, La Cava, Naples, etc., left 20 April on the Str Republic and arrived home 5 September on the Str. Romanic, went to Camden, Maine in September; 164 pp. + 33 pp.1908 - Steamer Majestic, Paris, Tours, Verona, train trip, Geneva, London; Dr. and Mrs. Hyde, sailed from NYC, 29 April Str. Majestic for Cherbourg, arriving 6 May; arrive Paris following day; visit Paris, Tours, Cortina, Verona, Bellagio, Zermatt, Geneva, London, leave England on 22 Oct, on the Str. Cedric, Liverpool to New York, arrive 30 October; 240 pp. + 27 pp.1909 Lawrence, L.I., New York; Pocono Manor Inn, Pennsylvania; and Ridgefield, Connecticut; 118 pp. + 3 pp.1911 - Trip Islesboro, Isle au Hart sailing trip, Ridgefield, Connecticut; 220 pp. + 2 pp.1912 - Steamer Lapland New York to Antwerp, Montreux, Lucerne, comments on Titanic disaster left New York 18 May arrived home in New York 29 September; visited Paris, Montreux, Rossinière, Oberhofen, Lake Thun, Lucerne, Interlaken; 268 pp. + 27 pp.1914 - Trip to Bermuda, plus Pocono Manor Inn, Pennsylvania; York Cliffs, Maine; Walpole, New Hampshire; 188 pp. + 15 pp.1915 - Train Overland Limited to San Fran Panama Expo, stays Fairmont Hotel, muscles sore walking on the hills, to Sausalito, Presidio, San Francisco "numerous guns & mortars," trip to Santa Barbara; other trips to Washington, D.C.; Greenwich, New York; Magnolia, Massachusetts; Walpole, New Hampshire; Buffalo, New York; the Dr. traveled mainly with his wife in 1915; 207 pp. + 12 pp.1916 - Pocono Manor Inn, Pennsylvania and York Cliffs, Maine, trip to U.S. Military Reservation the Dr. traveled with his wife, also went to New York City, Philadelphia, White Mountains, etc.; 134 pp. + 5 pp.1917 - Pocono Manor Inn, and Atlantic City, train trip to California Pasadena, Riverside, votes "no" on Women's Suffrage Nov 6 election; 239 pp. + 4 pp.1918 Pasadena, Del Norte, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Francisco, CA; York Cliffs, Maine; Pocono Manor, Pennsylvania; 231 pp + 12 pp.1919 Atlantic City, New Jersey; Pocono Manor, Pennsylvania; and York Cliffs, Maine; 211 pp. 1921 SS Olympicto Paris, Tours the Dr. traveled with his wife; left New York on White Star S.S. Olympic, 15 Oct; arrived Cherbourg 22 Oct, visited Paris and Tours, still in Paris when year ended; 188 pp. + 26 pp.1922 SS OlympicParis to NY, Cannes, Ridgefield, Connecticut diary begins in Paris visits Cannes, before going home to New York in April; makes trip to York Cliffs, Maine and later in year as well; 322 pp. + 29 pp.1923 Quebec, Canada; Wash., D.C.; Burlington, Vermont; Pocono Manor Inn; 184 pp. + 11 pp.1924 To London, and elsewhere in England; 259 pp. + 20 pp.1925 SS France to Paris, stays Villa Serbelloni, Lake Como, Switzerland; Atlantic City,351 pp. + 25 pp.1927 Atlantic City, New Jersey; and various U.S. locales; 325 pp. + 2 pp.1928 To Europe, U.S.; 298 pp. + 4 pp.1929 Home, New York; 257 pp. + 3 pp.1932 Appears to be home; 54 pp. The two diaries kept by Elizabeth Alvina Hyde are crammed with entries on many events, family gatherings, club work, and some U.S. travel. She leases a place on Park Avenue in New York City. Of particular interest are entries from April 1912, which comment on the Titanic disaster. The rear of the 1912 diary has ten pages of interesting entries in the memorandum section pertaining to parish work, helping young girls make flowers and cross-stiches for sale, etc."[April 16, 1912]. White Star new boat Titanic was sunk after striking iceberg off Newfoundland early morning of 15th April 1000 lives lost. Survivors coming here on Carpathia."April 19 [1912]. Carpathia in last night with less than 800 survivors. Senate Investigation Committee begins probe into cause of accident. Sinking of Titanic greatest disaster of modern times" Babbitt and Hyde Families Benjamin Talbot Babbitt (1809-1889) was a self-made American businessman and inventor who amassed a fortune in the soap industry, manufacturing Babbitt's Best Soap. He was born in 1809 in Westmoreland, Oneida Co., New York, the son of blacksmith Nathaniel Babbitt (1769-1855) and Betsey Holman (1768-). In 1851, he became the first to manufacture and market soap in individual bars, which he packaged attractively and added a claim of quality. He took the ordinary and proved it could be turned into a marketable product. Babbitt invented most of the machinery he used in his production plants. He owned extensive ironworks and machine shops in Whitesboro, New York. He held more than 100 patents. Babbitt became known as a genius of advertising. He rivaled his friend P. T. Barnum in originality and success, becoming a household name throughout the U.S. His soap was one of the first nationally advertised products. The soap was sold from brightly painted street cars with musicians, which helped lead to the iconic phrase: "get on the bandwagon." Babbitt was the first manufacturer to offer tours of his factories and one of the first to give away free samples.Babbitt died October 20, 1889, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York. He was survived by his wife, Rebecca McDuffie Babbitt (1820 - 1894) and his two daughters, Ida Babbitt Hyde (1845-1896) and Lillia Babbitt Hyde (18561939), to whom he left one half of his $5,000,000 estate as well as the controlling interest in his company. Lillia Babbitt Hyde established The Lillia Babbitt Hyde Foundation in 1924 and served as its president until her death in 1939. The bulk of her estate was left to the Foundation, raising the value of its assets as of June 1941, to approximately $3,200,000. Lillia Babbitt Hyde married Clarence Melville Hyde (1846-1908), the brother of Dr. Frederick E. Hyde, who married Lillia's sister Ida Josephine Babbitt Hyde.Ida Josephine Babbitt Hyde married Dr. Frederick E. Hyde on 27 March 1869. The Hyde brothers were the sons of Edwin Hyde of Groton, Connecticut and Elizabeth Alvina Mead. The Hyde family was the direct descendant of Sgt. James Hyde, Jr. (1753-1809), of Norwich, Connecticut, who served with the 4th Regt. Connecticut Line in the American Revolution and was at Germantown, Valley Forge, Monmouth, Stony Point, and Yorktown. Dr. Hyde was born in New York City on 25 February 1844.Together Ida and her husband Frederick had at least four children: Elizabeth Alvina Hyde (1870-); Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde (1872-1933) who married Edith Moore, daughter of James Moore of New York City in 1910; Frederick Hyde, Jr. (1874-); and Ida Josephine Hyde (1877-) who married William Lord Sexton; and Mabel Hyde (1882-). The Hyde's educated their sons at St. Paul's Military School on Long Island. When the Hyde's were first married the couple set up home in Ida Babbitt's parent's house on 36th Street in Manhattan in a fashionable neighborhood, and Hyde, at the insistence of Mrs. Babbitt, had a medical practice for only the "best families" in New York City. The Hyde family also kept a country place, "Quaker Ridge Farm," in North Greenwich, Connecticut. By 1900, the Hyde's moved uptown to West 69th Street, where they kept a large house with nine servants (housekeeper, cook, maid, parlor maid, chamber maid, waitress, laundress, lady's maid, and a general servant).In 1889 Benjamin Babbitt died leaving a great inheritance that was split between his wife and two daughters. However, his daughter Ida died six months later and her share of his estate (in the millions) went to her husband and two sons. After the death of his wife Ida, Dr. Frederick E. Hyde, retired from practicing medicine and spent a good deal of time traveling and pursuing his hobbies and philanthropic pursuits. There is a fjord in Greenland named Frederick E. Hyde Fjord. The fjord is located on a peninsula known as Peary Land. Frederick E. Hyde Fjord divides Peary Land into North Peary Land and South Peary Land. Robert E. Peary had been the first to reach the North Pole and the northernmost part of Greenland is called Peary Land. In a book written by Robert Peary entitled, Nearest the Pole: A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S. S. Roosevelt, 1905 -1906, on page 329, we learn that Peary's Expedition of 1898-1902 was made under the auspices of, and with funds furnished by, the Peary Arctic Club of New York City, of which Frederick E. Hyde was a member and supporter. The book includes a chapter on the Peary Arctic Club. Frederick E. Hyde was one of the founding members and was elected as its first vice president. Dr. Frederick Erastus Hyde and his sons, Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde and Frederick Erastus Hyde, Jr., were members of several scientific institutions. Dr. Hyde was member and benefactor of the Linnaean Society, the American Museum of Natural History and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, among others. Frederick Jr. and his brother, Benjamin were also members of some of the same organizations as their father. They also financed explorations in the American Southwest between 1893 and 1907. Dr. Hyde's sons founded the Hyde Exploring Expedition which helped to fund the work of Richard Wetherill (18581910) from about 1893 to 1903. Wetherill was a member o, 0, First Edition with Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates BARROW, John. A Voyage to Cochinchina In the Years 1792 and 1793: Containing a General View of the Valuable Productions and the Political Importance of this Flourishing Kingdom, and Also of Such European Settlements as Were Visited on the Voyage: with Sketches of the Manners, Character, and Condition of Their Several Inhabitants : To which is Annexed an Account of a Journey, Made in the Years 1801 and 1802, to the Residence of the Chief of the Booshuana Nationa, Being the Remotest Point in the Interior of Southern Africa to which Europeans Have Hitherto Penetrated. The Facts and Descriptions taken from a Manuscript Journal. With a Chart of the Route. London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches; 266 x 212 mm). xviii, [2], 447, [1, blank] pp. With twenty-one hand-colored aquatint plates and maps, two of which are double page and one which is folding. Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked preserving original spine. Boards tooled in gilt. Spine with two morocco spine labels, lettered and stamped in gilt. Board edges stamped in gilt. Edges speckled red and green. Marbled endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Some toning from plates. Small hole to leaf G2, barely touching a letter. Small tear to bottom margin of leaf P2, not affecting text. Overall a very good copy. "This is the first illustrated English work on what was then called Cochin China, now southern Vietnam. The work is described as being 'Illustrated and embellished with several engravings by Medland, coloured after the original drawings by Mr. Alexander and Mr. Daniell.' In the Paris edition of 1807, the plates were published in a separate atlas folio. The voyage visited Madeira, the Canary Islands, and Rio de Janeiro; a description of that city and of Brazil in general is given. Touching at Tristan da Cunha, the ship rounded the Cape and eventually reached Cochin China via the city of Batavia on Java. The volume is also of Cook interest, as it describes finding Captain Cook's Resolution transformed into a smuggling whaler under the French flag. This book is the account of Barrow's voyage on the way to China as a member of Lord Macartney's embassy and is dedicated to his traveling companion, Sir George Staunton. The detailed information on Cochin China is taken from a manuscript memoir drawn up by Captain Barissy, a French naval officer, who had the means and opportunity of collecting accurate information. A supplementary article, 'An account of a journey to Leetakoo, the residence of the chief of the Booshuana nation' (p. [361}-437), covers an overland expedition from Cape Town to the interior of South Africa into the then little-known territory of Bechuanaland. It is taken from a manuscript journal originally writ- ten in Dutch by Pieter Jan Truter, one of the Commissioners of that expedition, which had been ordered by the Cape government. The supplement is accompanied by a fine map of the country and four handsome aquatints from drawings by Samuel Daniell. Barrow continued in the service of Lord Macartney after the latter became governor of Cape Colony, from 1796 to 1798." (Hill, 66). "As a writer Barrow is best known for his Mutiny on the Bounty (1831) but, during his lifetime, his accounts of his travels in eastern Asia and southern Africa, published between 1801 and 1807, were better known and more influential. These established new standards for travel writing. In all, he wrote or edited seventeen full length books... His interests ranged widely, but the great bulk of his output had a geographical focus, usually with an underlying imperial theme and a belief in progress and the superiority of British civilization. He wrote extensively about Asia, the Americas, Australia and the Pacific, the eastern Mediterranean, and Africa." (Oxford DNB). Abbey, Travel 514. Hill 66 HBS 68671. $5,000, Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806, 0<

1793, ISBN: d521de2e395ccc87f1fc39e459f19a03

First Edition with Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates BARROW, John. A Voyage to Cochinchina In the Years 1792 and 1793: Containing a General View of the Valuable Productions and the Politic… Altro …

First Edition with Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates BARROW, John. A Voyage to Cochinchina In the Years 1792 and 1793: Containing a General View of the Valuable Productions and the Political Importance of this Flourishing Kingdom, and Also of Such European Settlements as Were Visited on the Voyage: with Sketches of the Manners, Character, and Condition of Their Several Inhabitants : To which is Annexed an Account of a Journey, Made in the Years 1801 and 1802, to the Residence of the Chief of the Booshuana Nationa, Being the Remotest Point in the Interior of Southern Africa to which Europeans Have Hitherto Penetrated. The Facts and Descriptions taken from a Manuscript Journal. With a Chart of the Route. London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches; 266 x 212 mm). xviii, [2], 447, [1, blank] pp. With twenty-one hand-colored aquatint plates and maps, two of which are double page and one which is folding. Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked preserving original spine. Boards tooled in gilt. Spine with two morocco spine labels, lettered and stamped in gilt. Board edges stamped in gilt. Edges speckled red and green. Marbled endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Some toning from plates. Small hole to leaf G2, barely touching a letter. Small tear to bottom margin of leaf P2, not affecting text. Overall a very good copy. "This is the first illustrated English work on what was then called Cochin China, now southern Vietnam. The work is described as being 'Illustrated and embellished with several engravings by Medland, coloured after the original drawings by Mr. Alexander and Mr. Daniell.' In the Paris edition of 1807, the plates were published in a separate atlas folio. The voyage visited Madeira, the Canary Islands, and Rio de Janeiro; a description of that city and of Brazil in general is given. Touching at Tristan da Cunha, the ship rounded the Cape and eventually reached Cochin China via the city of Batavia on Java. The volume is also of Cook interest, as it describes finding Captain Cook's Resolution transformed into a smuggling whaler under the French flag. This book is the account of Barrow's voyage on the way to China as a member of Lord Macartney's embassy and is dedicated to his traveling companion, Sir George Staunton. The detailed information on Cochin China is taken from a manuscript memoir drawn up by Captain Barissy, a French naval officer, who had the means and opportunity of collecting accurate information. A supplementary article, 'An account of a journey to Leetakoo, the residence of the chief of the Booshuana nation' (p. [361}-437), covers an overland expedition from Cape Town to the interior of South Africa into the then little-known territory of Bechuanaland. It is taken from a manuscript journal originally writ- ten in Dutch by Pieter Jan Truter, one of the Commissioners of that expedition, which had been ordered by the Cape government. The supplement is accompanied by a fine map of the country and four handsome aquatints from drawings by Samuel Daniell. Barrow continued in the service of Lord Macartney after the latter became governor of Cape Colony, from 1796 to 1798." (Hill, 66). "As a writer Barrow is best known for his Mutiny on the Bounty (1831) but, during his lifetime, his accounts of his travels in eastern Asia and southern Africa, published between 1801 and 1807, were better known and more influential. These established new standards for travel writing. In all, he wrote or edited seventeen full length books... His interests ranged widely, but the great bulk of his output had a geographical focus, usually with an underlying imperial theme and a belief in progress and the superiority of British civilization. He wrote extensively about Asia, the Americas, Australia and the Pacific, the eastern Mediterranean, and Africa." (Oxford DNB). Abbey, Travel 514. Hill 66 HBS 68671. $5,000, Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806, 0<

1806, ISBN: d521de2e395ccc87f1fc39e459f19a03

[PU: Strahan & Preston for T. Cadell and T. Davies, London], 19 hand-colored aquatint plates (one folding) after S. Daniell and W. Alexander, by T. Medland, 2 folding engraved maps (one h… Altro …

[PU: Strahan & Preston for T. Cadell and T. Davies, London], 19 hand-colored aquatint plates (one folding) after S. Daniell and W. Alexander, by T. Medland, 2 folding engraved maps (one hand-colored, one with route marked in red). Primera edición. Barrow acompañó al Conde de Macartney como intérprete en su viaje a China.Procededencia: Anthony Littledale.First edition. Barrow accompanied the Earl of Macartney as official interpreter to the embassy to the Emperor of China, having learned Chinese from a former pupil, Thomas Staunton."The embassy was a magnificent failure, arriving at Peking with gifts which included all the wonders of Western civilization -- artillery, telescopes, a coach-and-four, a balloon and pilot -- Macartney was treated with hospitable disgust before being dismissed with polite contempt.According to the Chinese Emperor, the presence of a British Ambassador was ‘not in harmony with the regulations of the Celestial Empire, we also feel very much that it is of no advantage to your country’" (F. Fleming, Barrow’s Boys, 1998, p.4).The "African" portion of Barrow’s work includes an account of "the journey to Lattakoo, undertaken by Messrs. Daniell, Truter, Somerville, Scholz, and the author" and is based on "a manuscript in Dutch written by Mr. Truter" (Mendelssohn).Provenance: Anthony Littledale (ex libris with motto Fac et Spera). Cordier Sinica IV, 2390; Abbey Travel 514; Mendelssohn I,p.89; Tooley 86. Contemporary gilt calf, spine in compartments.<

1806, ISBN: d521de2e395ccc87f1fc39e459f19a03

[PU: Strahan & Preston for T. Cadell and T. Davies, London], 19 hand-colored aquatint plates (one folding) after S. Daniell and W. Alexander, by T. Medland, 2 folding engraved maps (one h… Altro …

[PU: Strahan & Preston for T. Cadell and T. Davies, London], 19 hand-colored aquatint plates (one folding) after S. Daniell and W. Alexander, by T. Medland, 2 folding engraved maps (one hand-colored, one with route marked in red). Primera edición. Barrow acompañó al Conde de Macartney como intérprete en su viaje a China.Procededencia: Anthony Littledale.First edition. Barrow accompanied the Earl of Macartney as official interpreter to the embassy to the Emperor of China, having learned Chinese from a former pupil, Thomas Staunton."The embassy was a magnificent failure, arriving at Peking with gifts which included all the wonders of Western civilization -- artillery, telescopes, a coach-and-four, a balloon and pilot -- Macartney was treated with hospitable disgust before being dismissed with polite contempt.According to the Chinese Emperor, the presence of a British Ambassador was ‘not in harmony with the regulations of the Celestial Empire, we also feel very much that it is of no advantage to your country’" (F. Fleming, Barrow’s Boys, 1998, p.4).The "African" portion of Barrow’s work includes an account of "the journey to Lattakoo, undertaken by Messrs. Daniell, Truter, Somerville, Scholz, and the author" and is based on "a manuscript in Dutch written by Mr. Truter" (Mendelssohn).Provenance: Anthony Littledale (ex libris with motto Fac et Spera). Cordier Sinica IV, 2390; Abbey Travel 514; Mendelssohn I,p.89; Tooley 86. Contemporary gilt calf, spine in compartments.<

1806, ISBN: d521de2e395ccc87f1fc39e459f19a03

[SC: 8.91], [PU: London T. Cadell and W. Davies], First edition. 4to. 19 hand-coloured aquatint plates after S. Daniell and W. Alexander, including one folding coastal profile of Rio de J… Altro …

[SC: 8.91], [PU: London T. Cadell and W. Davies], First edition. 4to. 19 hand-coloured aquatint plates after S. Daniell and W. Alexander, including one folding coastal profile of Rio de Janeiro, and two engraved folding maps, one hand-coloured, the other with route marked by hand in red, bound without half title, minor offsetting, modern half calf by Bayntun-Riviere, a very good copy. The first English illustrated work on Cochin-China, now southern Vietnam, with beautiful colour plates. Barrow accompanied the Earl Macartney as official interpreter to the embassy to the Emperor of China. The voyage proceeded by way of Madeira, the Canary Islands and Rio de Janeiro, including a description of that city and Brazil in general - 'the view of Rio's Aqueduct (Arcos de Carioca) is very beautiful' (BdM) - before rounding the Cape and reaching Cochin-China after stopping at Batavia. The detailed information on Cochin-China is taken from a manuscript account by a French naval officer, Captain Barissy, who had collected much accurate information. A supplementary article on the African portion of Barrow's work gives an account of an overland expedition into Bechuanaland from Cape Town and is accompanied by a fine map of the country and four aquatints by Samuel Daniell. Abbey Travel, 514; BdM;, I p88; Hill, 66; Mendelssohn I, p.89; Tooley 86., Books<