History of a voyage to the China sea.

8vo: [2]-ix-[1]-372 pp. (some browning and spotting, half title and map sl. loosening).

Later blue cloth by W.F. Ryan, flat spine. Uncut copy.

First edition of this account of an early American voyage to Asia by lieutenant White (1782-1840), ascending the Dong Nai river to Saigon visiting Cochinchina, Vietnam, Batavia and the Philippines. Ill. with one map and 5 pl. showing trading vessels, a scene on the Dong Nai and the ceremonial galley of the viceroy.
Ref. Sabin 103411.
Prov. Stamps.
Joined, in 1st edition: 1. Gutzlaff - The journal of two voyages along the Coast of China, in 1831 & 1832. 8vo (sl. soiled). New York, Haven, 1933. Later blue cloth. Uncut copy. Prov. Adlai A. Esteh. - 2. Huc - Le christianisme en Chine, en Tartarie et au Thibet. Missions catholiques. Paris, Gaume, 1857. 2 (of 4) vol., 8vo. Contemp. quarter shagreen. Ref. Cordier, Sinica, 770. - 3. Teichman - Travels of a consular officer in Nort-West China [...]. Cambridge, University Press, 1921. 8vo. Contemp. red cloth. Uncut copy. Ill. with b/w reproductions and 2 loose maps in the pouch at the end. - 4. Macgowan - Pictures of Southern China. London, The Religious Tract Society, 1897. 8vo. Contemp. green gilt-decor. cloth. With b/w reproductions. (6 vol.)