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Jul. 18, 2024
China.- Ellis (Henry) Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China, first edition, for John Murray, 1817.
Est: £750 - £1,000
China.- Ellis (Henry) Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China, first edition, portrait frontispiece, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 3 engraved maps, of which 1 folding, folding map with very short tear and light creasing to inner edge (no image loss), some spotting at beginning and end, some light soiling to title and verso of final f., maps lightly offset, single-page maps foxed, contemporary mottled calf, red morocco spine label, spine ends and foot of upper joint worn, spine and extremities rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 536; Hill 542 "This edition...is much prized"], 4to, for John Murray, 1817. *** Provenance: Ferguson of Wraith (bookplate).
Forum Auctions - UK
Mar. 07, 2024
World.- Ellis (Henry) Journal Of The Proceedings Of The Late Embassy To China, new edition, Edward Moxon, 1840; others, Travel, published by Moxon, including New York in 1 vol.
Est: £150 - £200
World.- Ellis (Henry) Journal Of The Proceedings Of The Late Embassy To China, new edition, wood-engraved frontispiece map, Edward Moxon, 1840 bound with Hall (Capt. Basil) Narrative of a voyage to Java, China, and the great Loo-Choo Island : with accounts of Sir Murray Maxwell's attack on the Chinese batteries, and of an interview with Napoleon Buonaparte, at St. Helena, half-title with full-page wood-engraved map verso, small wood-engraved map in text, Edward Moxon, 1844 and 7 others, Travel, published by Moxon, including New York, together 9 works in 1 vol., some spotting or foxing and staining, contemporary half crushed morocco, gilt, spine in compartments richly so, some fading to upper cover, rubbed, thick 8vo
Forum Auctions - UK
Sep. 28, 2023
America.- Ellis (Henry) A Voyage to Hudson's-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California ... for Discovering a North West Passage, first edition, for H. Whitridge, 1748.
Est: £600 - £800
America.- Ellis (Henry) A Voyage to Hudson's-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California ... for Discovering a North West Passage, first edition, folding engraved map frontispiece, 9 engraved plates, of which 5 folding, list of subscribers, previous owner's ink signature to title, one or two areas of marginal loss, expertly repaired, occasional faint spotting, contemporary calf for William Brown, Edinburgh, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Sabin 22312], 8vo, for H. Whitridge, 1748.
Forum Auctions - UK
Aug. 10, 2023
China.- Ellis (Henry) Journal of the Proceedings of the late Embassy to China..., first edition, 1817.
Est: £100 - £150
China.- Ellis (Henry) Journal of the Proceedings of the late Embassy to China..., first edition, portrait frontispiece, 7 hand-coloured aquatints, 3 engraved maps (of which 1 folding), maps foxed, with some off-setting, otherwise scattered foxing, endpapers renewed, contemporary half calf, rebacked, corners rubbed, 4to, John Murray, 1817.
Forum Auctions - UK
Aug. 20, 2022
ELLIS, HENRY.
Est: $80 - $120
A General Introduction to the Domesday Book; Accompanied by Indexes of the Tenants in Chief, and Under Tentants... In Two Volumes. Printed by Command of His Majesty King William IV. Under the Direction of The Commissioners on the Public Records of the Kingdom. London: George Eyre and Andrew Spoitiswoode, 1833. 8vo. Red gilt labels, blindstamped leather, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Paper number labels on spines. Fair. Vol. I is dampstained; the stain shows on the corner of the cover, and extends to the front and back endpapers and pages, and to several pages scattered throughout. Vol. II inner hinge split at a few pages from the front. Both have overall edgewear and rubbing, losses/tears to top of spines.
Turner Auctions + Appraisals
Aug. 17, 2022
China.- Ellis (Henry) Journal of the Proceedings of the late Embassy to China..., first edition, 1817.
Est: £100 - £150
NO RESERVE China.- Ellis (Henry) Journal of the Proceedings of the late Embassy to China..., first edition, portrait frontispiece, 7 hand-coloured aquatints, 2 engraved maps only (of 3, lacking folding map), some light marginal finger soiling, cracking to gutter in several places, some pages and a couple of plates loose or working loose, dis-bound, some bumping to corners, 4to, 1817.
Forum Auctions - UK
Oct. 10, 2020
ELLIS, Henry
Est: €450 - €600
Journal of the proceedings of the late embassy to China 4to, first edition with plain engraved portrait, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 3 engraved maps, one folding (foxing on the single maps). On the last page a ms. list of people who went on pilgrimage to Waterloo. Nineteenth-century half calf, spine gilt, marbled boards Bookplate of Littlecote. "The Amherst embassy in 1816 was the third in a series of unsuccessful British attempts to establish trade relations with the Chinese government... The embassy, which was sent out by George III 'to protest at the ill-treatment of British subjects' was a failure" Ref. Abbey, Travel 536; Hill (2004) 542 ("this edition... is much prized"); Löwendahl 791; Lust 509
Auctions Van de Wiele
Jun. 03, 2016
Amerika - - Ellis, Henry. Reise nach Hudsons Meerbusen, welche von zweyen E
Est: €600 - €900
Amerika - - Ellis, Henry. Reise nach Hudsons Meerbusen, welche von zweyen Englischen Schiffen, der Dobbs-Galley und California, in den Jahren 1746 und 1747 wegen Entdeckung einer nordwestlichen Durchfahrt in die Süd-See verrichtet worden ... Aus dem Englischen übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen aus andern hieher gehörigen Schriftstellern versehen. Mit 2 gestochenen Faltkarten und 9 (6 gefalteten) gestochenen Tafeln. Göttingen, Vandenhoeck, 1750. 12 Bl., 19 S., 2 Bl., 364 S., 5 Bl. 19,5 x 12,5 cm. Halblederband im Stil der Zeit mit Rückenschild und reicher Rückenvergoldung.Sammlung neuer und merkwürdiger Reisen, 1. Theil. - Erste deutsche Ausgabe. - Sabin 22314 - Chavanne 4625 - Henze II, 163 - Cox II, 8. - Seltener Bericht von der britischen Expedition in die Hudson-Bay in den Jahren 1747-48 unter der Leitung von William Moor. "This expedition ... put a definite end to the supposition that the Northwest Passage lay through Hudson's Bay" (Cox). - Das Werk enthält wertvolle Beobachtungen über Strömungsverhältnisse und Kompassabweichungen sowie interessantes Material über die Eskimos. - Mit einer Vorrede A. von Hallers (8 Seiten; Lundsgaard 663). - Mit Karten des nördlichen Kanada und der Hudson-Bay; die Tafeln zeigen Ansichten, Eskimos, Geräte und Tiere. - Kleiner Stempel ("Hofbibliothek Erbach") verso Titel, nur teilweise leicht gebräunt. Sehr gutes Exemplar.
Nosbüsch & Stucke GmbH
Oct. 22, 2015
Ellis, Henry: Voyage en Chine
Est: €500 - €600
Ellis, Henry. Voyage en Chine, ou Journal de la derniere ambassade anglaise a la cour de Pekin. Traduit de l'Anglais, par J. Mac Carthy. 2 Bände. VIII, 340 S., 1 Bl.; 2 Bl., 398 S. Mit 1 gestoch. Frontispiz-Porträt, 7 Aquatinta-Tafeln und 3 gestoch. gefalt. Karten. 20,5 x 13,5 cm. Halblederbände d. T. mit RVergold. und roten RSchildern. Paris, Delaunay u. Mongie, 1818. Cordier, BS 2394. Henze I,65 f (Amherst). – Erste französische Ausgabe. Bericht von der zweiten englischen Gesandtschaftsreise nach Peking 1816. "Die wissenschaftliche Bedeutung der Amherstschen Gesandtschaft liegt in den von den Schiffen 'Alceste' und 'Lyra' ausgeführten Entdeckungsfahrten im Gelben Meer, dessen Nord- und Ostküsten der europäischen Kartographie noch unbekannt waren" (Henze). - Mit entsprechenden Karten und den schönen Ansichten. – Papier unbedeutend vergilbt, sonst gutes und breitrandiges Exemplar.
Bassenge Auctions
Aug. 28, 2014
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
Est: $400 - $700
<p> 2 volumes. (iii)-xii, 442, [2]; (iii)-viii, 359, [1] pp. Portrait frontispiece in Volume 1; large folding map in Volume 2. (8vo) 21.5x13 cm (8½x5¼") old tan calf, gilt borders, morocco labels. Second Edition.</p>
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
May. 17, 2013
Voyage en Chine, ou journal de la dernière ambassade anglaise à la cour de Pékin, contenant le détail des négociations qui ont eu lieu dans cette circonstance , la relation de la traversée à la Chine, et du retour en Europe, et enfin celle du voyage
Est: €1,350 - €1,500
First French edition. - The account contains Ellis route and his impressions on his way through Indonesia, Brasilia and other countries to China. Moreover he made important observations about the private and public life in China. Chapter VII contains a description about Manila and Chapter IX annotations about Korea and the Loo Choo Islands. Very impressive handcoloured plates with precise artistic apprehension. Marbled edges. - Pages partly minimal stained, map creased at the margin, else good copies. Erste französische Ausgabe. - Borba de Moraes, 286. - Chadenat, 569. - Cordier, BS, 2394. Das Tagebuch enthält Eliss Route und seine Erlebnisse in Madeira, Rio de Janeiro, Java, Batavia auf dem Weg nach China. Darüber hinaus machte er wichtige Beobachtungen über das private und öffentliche in China. Kapitel VII enthält eine Beschreibung von Manila und Kapitel IX Anmerkungen über Korea und die Loo Choo Inseln. Ex Libris des Baron von Nero. Überaus dekorative handkolorierte Tafeln, die durch ihre Auffassungsgabe und den hohen Detailreichtum überzeugen. Dekorativer marmorierter Schnitt. - Seiten tls. minimal fleckig, Karte mit Knickspuren am Rand, sonst schöne Ausgabe.
Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin GmbH
May. 22, 2012
ELLIS (HENRY)
Est: £100 - £150
A Catalogue of Books on Angling 1811, ONE OF 250 COPIES, introduction by Jack Heddon, tipped-in portrait, publisher's morocco-backed marbled boards and matching box, 8vo, Honey Dun Press, 1977
Bonhams
Dec. 15, 2008
ELLIS, HENRY.
Est: $600 - $800
Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China.... Philadelphia: A. Small, 1818. viii, [9]-382 + [2] ad pp. Engraved folding frontispiece map. 8vo (215 x 132 mm). Period marbled sheep, morocco spine label. Heavy corner dampstain at end, scattered minor foxing, upper hinge cracked, covers somewhat bowed. Apparently the first American edition recounting Lord Amherst's diplomatic mission to China (first published London, 1817).
Bonhams