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1. China : its state and prospects : with especial reference to the spread of the gospel : containing allusions to the antiquity, extent, population, civilization, literature, and religion of the Chinese / by W.H. Medhurst ... ; illustrated with engravings on wood by G. Baxter.

China : its state and prospects : with especial reference to the spread of the gospel : containing allusions to the antiquity, extent, population, civilization, literature, and religion of the Chinese / by W.H. Medhurst ... ; illustrated with engravings on wood by G. Baxter.
Creator:
Medhurst, Walter Henry, 1796-1857
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 592 p., [7] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Map of China and the adjacent countries : drawn from the latest surveys and other authentic documents ... / by William H. Allen & Co.

Map of China and the adjacent countries : drawn from the latest surveys and other authentic documents ... / by William H. Allen & Co.
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 59 x 74 cm., folded to 19 x 10 cm., in covers 23 x 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Journal of a voyage, in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China : returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena : in the H.C.S. the Hope, Capt. James Pendergrass / by James Wathen ; illustrated with twenty-four coloured prints, from drawings by the author.

Journal of a voyage, in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China : returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena : in the H.C.S. the Hope, Capt. James Pendergrass / by James Wathen ; illustrated with twenty-four coloured prints, from drawings by the author.
Creator:
Wathen, James
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
xx, 246 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Travels in China : 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 ... / by John Barrow ... ; illustrated with several engravings.

Travels in China : 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 ... / by John Barrow ... ; illustrated with several engravings.
Creator:
Barrow, John, Sir, 1764-1848
Date:
1804
Physical Description:
x, [2], 632 p., [8] leaves of plates : col. ill., port. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Portrait plate of Albert Smith.

Portrait plate of Albert Smith.
Creator:
W.T. Copeland & Sons
Date:
circa [1859?]
Physical Description:
1 plate : ceramic, transferware ; 23 cm in diameter
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. China, in a series of views : displaying the scenery, architecture, and social habits, of that ancient empire / drawn, from original and authentic sketches, by Thomas Allom, esq. ; with historical and descriptive notices by the Rev. G.N. Wright, M.A.

China, in a series of views : displaying the scenery, architecture, and social habits, of that ancient empire / drawn, from original and authentic sketches, by Thomas Allom, esq. ; with historical and descriptive notices by the Rev. G.N. Wright, M.A.
Creator:
Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872
Date:
1843
Physical Description:
4 volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Voyage autour du monde, fait dans les années 1803, 1804, 1805 et 1806 : par les ordres de Sa Majesté Impériale, Alexandre Ier, Empereur de Russie, sur les vaisseaux la Nadriedjeda et la Neva / commandés par M. de Krusenstern, traduit de l'aveu et avec des additions de l'auteur ; la traduction revué par M. J.-B-B. Eyriès.

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Creator:
Kruzenshtern, Ivan Fedorovich, 1770-1846
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
2 volumes ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Journal of the proceedings of the late embassy to China; comprising a correct narrative of the public transactions of the embassy, of the voyage to and from China, and of the journey from the mouth of hte Pei-Ho to the return to Canton. Interspersed with observations upon the face of the country, the polity, moral character, and manners of the Chinese nation ... By Henry Ellis ...

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Creator:
Ellis, Henry, Sir, 1777-1869
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 526, [2] p. front. (port.) col. pl., maps (1 fold.) 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Three years' wanderings in the northern provinces of China : including a visit to the tea, silk, and cotton countries : with an account of the agriculture and horticulture of the Chinese, new plants, etc. / by Robert Fortune ... ; with illustrations.

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Creator:
Fortune, Robert, 1813-1880
Date:
1847
Physical Description:
xiv, [4], 406, [1] p., [3] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Atlas chinensis : being a second part of A relation of remarkable passages in two embassies from the East-India company of the United Provinces, to the Vice-Roy Singlamong and General Taising Lipovi, and to Konchi, Emperor of China and East-Tartary : with a relation of the Netherlanders assisting the Tartar against Coxinga and the Chinese fleet, who till then were masters of the sea : and a more exact geographical description than formerly, both of the whole empire of China in general, and in particular of every of the fifteen provinces / collected out of their several writing and journals by Arnoldus Montanus ; English'd, and adorn'd with above a hundred several sculptures, by John Ogilby, Esq. ...

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Creator:
Dapper, Olfert, 1635 or 1636-1689
Date:
MDCLXXI [1671]
Physical Description:
[6], 723, [1] pages, [72] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 45 cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Narrative of a journey in the interior of China, and of a voyage to and from that country, in the years 1816 and 1817 : containing an account of the most interesting transactions of Lord Amherst's Embassy to the Court of Pekin and observations on the countries which it visited / by Clarke Abel, M.D. F.R.S. F.L.S. and member of the Geological Society, Chief Medical Officer and naturalist to the Embassy ; illustrated by maps and other engravings.

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Creator:
Abel, Clarke, 1780-1826
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
xvi, 420 pages, [23] leaves of plates ([4] folded) : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. To China and back : being a diary kept, out and home / by Albert Smith.

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Creator:
Smith, Albert, 1816-1860
Date:
1859
Physical Description:
[2], ii, [1], 6-72 pages, [1] leaf of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Narrative of the expedition to China : from the commencement of the war to its termination in 1842 : with sketches of the manners and customs of the singular and hitherto almost unknown country / by Commander J. Elliot Bingham ....

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Creator:
Bingham, J. Elliot (John Elliot)
Date:
1843
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Wanderings in New South Wales, Batavia, Pedir Coast, Singapore, and China : being the journal of a naturalist in those countries during 1832, 1833, and 1834 / by George Bennett ...

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Creator:
Bennett, George, 1804-1893
Date:
1834
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Narrative of a voyage in His Majesty's late ship Alceste, to the Yellow Sea, along the coast of Corea, and through its numerous hitherto undiscovered islands, to the Island of Lewchew : with an account of her shipwreck in the Straits of Gaspar / by John M'Leod.

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Creator:
M'Leod, John, 1777?-1820
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
288 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Twelve years in China : the people, the rebels, and the mandarins / by a British resident ; with illustrations.

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Creator:
Scarth, John
Date:
1860
Physical Description:
xviii, [2], 328 p., [13] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Journal of the proceedings of the late embassy to China; : comprising a correct narrative of the public transactions of the embassy, of the voyage to and from China, and of the journey from the mouth of the Pei-Ho to the return to Canton. Interspersed wih observations upon the face of the country, the polity, moral character, and manners of the Chinese nation. The whole illustrated by maps and drawings / by Henry Ellis. Third commissioner of the embassy.

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Creator:
Ellis, Henry, Sir, 1777-1869
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 526, [2] p., [11] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's mission to China and Japan in the years 1857, '58, '59 / by Laurence Oliphant ... ; with illustrations from original drawings & photographs.

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Creator:
Oliphant, Laurence, 1829-1888
Date:
1860
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. An account of a voyage to India, China &c. in His Majesty's ship Caroline : performed in the years 1803-4-5, interspersed with descriptive sketches and cursory remarks / by an officer of the Caroline ...

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Creator:
Johnson, James, 1777-1845
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
iv, [5]-138, [6] p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's mission to China and Japan in the years 1857, '58, '59 / by Laurence Oliphant ... ; with illustrations from original drawings & photographs.

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Creator:
Oliphant, Laurence, 1829-1888
Date:
1859
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Voyage of His Majesty's ship Alceste, along the coast of Corea, to the island of Lewchew : with an account of her subsequent shipwreck / by John M'Leod.

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Creator:
M'Leod, John, 1777?-1820
Date:
1818
Physical Description:
323 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Journal of three voyages along the coast of China, in 1831, 1832 & 1833 : with notices of Siam, Corea, and the Loo-Choo Islands / by Charles Gützlaff ; to which is prefixed an Introductory essay on the policy, religion, etc., of China by the Rev. W. Ellis.

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Creator:
Gützlaff, Karl Friedrich August, 1803-1851
Date:
1834
Physical Description:
vi, xciii p., 1 l., 450 p., [2] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Family records collected by William Dorset Fellowes : from original mss and traditionary memoranda in my possession : for the information of my descendants Madame Alfred Marquise de Bois Thierry and her children.

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Creator:
Fellowes, W. D. (William Dorset)
Date:
circa 1842-circa1845
Physical Description:
1 volume (187 pages, with blanks) ; 23 x 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. A voyage to China : including a visit to the Bombay presidency,the Mahratta country, the Cave Temple of Western India, Singapore, the Straits of Malacca and Sunda, and the Cape of Good Hope / by Dr. Berncastle ...

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Creator:
Berncastle, Julius, d. 1870
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Travels in Kamtchatka and Siberia : with a narrative of a residence in China / by Peter Dobell ...

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Creator:
Dobell, Peter, 1772-1852
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. A journey to the tea countries of China : including Sung-Lo and the Bohea hills : with a short notice of the East India Company's tea plantations in the Himalaya mountains / by Robert Fortune ; with map and illustrations.

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Creator:
Fortune, Robert, 1813-1880
Date:
1852
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 398 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. China : containing illustrations of the manners, customs, character, and costumes of the people of that Empire.

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Date:
[1823]
Physical Description:
2 v. : col. ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Image of China : William Alexander / Susan Legouix.

Image of China : William Alexander / Susan Legouix.
Creator:
Sloman, Susan Legouix
Date:
c1980
Physical Description:
96 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library