Lot 2007: ELLIS, HENRY.

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).