STAUNT0N George Leonard, Voyage of Lord MacArthney MP of Great Britain to China in 1792, 1793 and 1794.

Voyage of Lord MacArthney MP of W. Britain to China in the years 1792, 1793 and 1794.

Containing news of the land, government, and people of China, and part of the Tartary of China, &c. Collected and published by P. ... secretary of the envoy and now translated into Polish by Roman Markiewicz. Part 1 (of 2). With envelopes. Cracow 1801. in Drukarnia Jana Maya. 8, pp. VIII, 368, 4 copperplate engravings on separate plates, psk. era binding.
Condition b. good. George Leonard Staunton (1737-1801), English physician, diplomat and traveler. In 1792-1794 he was a member of Macartney's envoy to China, as his secretary. Upon his return to England, he wrote an official report entitled Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China (1797). Roman Markiewicz (1772-1841), physicist, lecturer on physics with general issues of physical geography and meteorology. Author of works and textbooks on physics. After studying in Vienna and Paris, he became a professor of physics at the Jagiellonian University. Rare.