Journal of an embassy from the governor-general of India to the courts of Siam and Cochin China; exhibiting a view of the actual state of those kingdoms.

4to; front., map and 13 pl. (sm. tears in folds of map, some spotting).

Contemp. sheep, flat spine, marbled edges (spine rebacked).

First edition, much rarer than the later 8vo ed., of the account by the Scottish physician and colonial administrator Crawfurd (1783-1868) of his envoy experiences. Ill. with a folding front., a large folding map and 13 plates. It is considered to be one of the most important books on the region. With a folding vocabulary leaf at the end.
Ref. Cordier, Indosinica, 977. - Cp. Abbey 405 (1829 ed.).