Lord Macartney / Samuel Holmes illustrations by William...

FIRST FRENCH EDITION ON TRAVEL, EXPLORATION, CHINA, ASIA, NATURAL HISTORY, CARTOGRAPHY, GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMICS, POLITICS, COLONIALISM and on the first British diplomatic mission to China, to establish formal trade relations with the court of the Qianlong Emperor in Beijing,made in the years 1792-1794 by Lord George Macartney (1737–1806) and written by Samuel Holmes, the Sergeant-Major of Lord Macartney's guard during the expedition. The two volumes are richly illustrated with 52 detailed copper engravings, including two large maps of Macau and the Emperor's palace; the illustrations are all signed at the bottom by the English painter William Alexander (1767–1816) and engraved by S. Simon (active 1790–1820). This is the description of the first British diplomatic mission to China and of the long journey to the islands of Madeira, Tenerife, stopover in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, passage through the Cape of Good Hope, Madagascar, Indonesia, Java, Sumatra, Vietnam and China illustrated with extraordinary fold-out intaglio plates featuring maps, landscapes, imperial palaces, Beijing, Guangzhou, the great wall, officials, people and costumes of the period. Many unknown places, informations, cities, animals and plants are described for the first time in this book. TWO antique full leather bindings, richly decorated and in excellent condition. COMPLETE FIRST FRENCH EDITION. COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED FIRST EDITION IN TWO VOLUMES, the same two-volume edition is currently on sale for €4,000.00 here;https://shorturl.at/fD2uw, while the same work, in excellent condition, is offered to you at a fraction of that price. The mission departed from Portsmouth, England, on September 26, 1792, with a naval squadron comprising three vessels, led by HMS Lion. After a year-long voyage, Lord Macartney formally met the Emperor at his imperial encampment on September 14, 1793, to exchange gifts and deliver a letter from King George III. The meeting failed to yield the hoped-for trade concessions, hindered by cultural friction and Macartney’s refusal to perform the traditional "kowtow" (an act of kneeling prostration). On the return journey, the English delegation traveled thousands of miles southward, using the trip to conduct extensive espionage by documenting China’s agriculture, engineering works, canals, silk production, and military system. The failure of Macartney’s diplomatic mission convinced the British Empire that peaceful negotiations with the Qing dynasty were impossible, leading them to adopt a strategy of aggressive economic subversion and the use of military force. Through this expedition, the British discovered China’s internal decline and military vulnerability, at a time when Britain itself was facing a massive outflow of silver driven by heavy imports of Chinese tea, silk, and porcelain. To reverse this alarming trade deficit, the British East India Company drastically ramped up the illegal smuggling of Indian opium into China. This initiative artificially created a nationwide addiction crisis and succeeded in reversing the flow of silver, bringing it back into British hands. The vast amount of information, maps, and firsthand observations gathered during the voyage formed the basis for the military journal of Sergeant-Major Samuel Holmes, published in Paris in 1805. This French translation was reviewed and annotated by Louis-Mathieu Langlès, a distinguished orientalist and member of the French National Institute. Langlès significantly expanded the text by adding his own notes and detailed observations on the political and commercial relationships that both England and France maintained with China. TITLE: Voyage en Chine et en Tartarie, à la suite de l’ambassade de Lord Macartney, par M. Holmes, sergent-major de sa garde ; Auquel on a joint les Vues, Costumes, etc., de la Chine, par M. W. Alexandre, les Planches de l’Atlas original de cette Ambassade, omises dans la traduction française, et leur Explication…(A Journey to China and Tartary, in the train of Lord Macartney’s embassy, ​​by Mr. Holmes, sergeant-major of his guard; to which have been added views, costumes, etc., of China by Mr. W. Alexander, the plates from the embassy’s original atlas—omitted from the French translation—and their accompanying explanations…). AUTHORS: Samuel Holmes, who served as the Sergeant-Major of Lord Macartney's guard during the expedition and translated, reviewed, annotated in french by Louis-Mathieu Langlès, illustrations by S. Simon (active 1790–1820) AFTER William Alexander (1767-1816) PUBLISHER: Delance et Lesueur DATE: year XIII of the French Republican calendar (1805), printed in Paris, text in French DESCRIPTION: TWO volumes in 8°, size height 210 x width 139 mm or 8.3 by 5.5 inches. FIRST VOLUME; (2) leaves, XLV pages, 171 pages and 25 full page engravings (including 1 folding map of Macau). SECOND VOLUME; (2) leaves, 188 pages and 27 full page engravings (including 1 folding map of the Imperial Palace), complete edition. TWO antique full leather bindings, solid, richly decorated with gilded friezes on the spine and boards and with titles on the spine, professionally restored and in excellent condition, with rare small defects as per photo. Pages generally clean and in good condition, each illustration protected with its original tissue guard, only a few rare small stains and oxidation here and there, text and illustrations are intact as per photo. COMPLETE FIRST FRENCH EDITION. REFERENCES: WORLD CAT n°994741971; Cordier, Sinica, IV, col. 2387-2388; Cranmer-Byng, J. L. "Lord Macartney’s Embassy to Peking in 1793." Journal of Oriental Studies. Vol. 4, Nos. 1,2 (1957–58) pages 117–187; Jacques, Martin. (2009). When China Rules the World: the End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order. New York: Penguin Press; Rockhill, William Woodville. "Diplomatic Missions to the Court of China: The Kotow Question I," The American Historical Review, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Apr. 1897), pp. 427–442. SHIPPING: via UPS, DHL, FEDEX, National Postal Services, protected, INSURED and fully tracked package. Estimated time for Europe 3-5 working days. 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