Description
A folio of engravings after William Alexander, most published London, 1796. Comprising: Natives of Cochin-China playing at Shittlecock [sic], View in Turon Bay, A Chinese Military Post, Chinese Military drawn out in Compliment to the British Embassador [sic], Instruments of War, View of one of the Western Gates of the City of Pekin [sic], A Front View of the Hall of Audience of the Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, View of the Great Wall of China, The Approach of the Emperor of China, A View of Poo-Ta-La, Punishment of the Tcha, A Scene in an Historical Play, View of Pai-Loo, A Quan or Mandarin bearing a letter, A View near the city of Lin-Tsin, two of Chinese Barges of the Embassy, View of the Lake Pao-Yng, View of the suburbs of a Chinese city, View of the Tchin-Shan, View of the Tower of the Thundering Winds, Economy of Time and Labor [sic], The Rock of Quang-Yin, together with two ornithological prints after S. Edwards, one botanical and five various plans, foxed, stained, and with soiled edges.