WATHEN, James.
Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China;
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.
Stock Code 113356
London, J. Nichols, 1814
In 1811, James Wathen decided to accompany Captain James Pendergrass on a voyage to India and China. They visited Penang, Canton, Macao, Madras and the Cape of Good Hope. The attractive plates are from Wathen's own drawings. 'His narrative is lively, and his account of eastern life is minute and interesting' (DNB). The work includes seven views of India, six of Indonesia, nine of China, and two of St. Helena.
First edition. 4to. (28 x 22 cm) xx, 246 pp., 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates by J. Clark after Wathen, occasional off-setting and spotting (mostly to text), contemporary green morocco gilt, neatly rebacked, a very good copy.
Abbey (Travel), 517; Bobins 313; Cordier, Sinica 2107; Lust 386; Mendelssohn II, p591.
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