ASIA. – John M’LEOD. Voyage of His Majesty’s Ship Alceste, Along the

ASIA. – John M’LEOD. Voyage of His Majesty’s Ship Alceste, Along the Coast of Corea, to the Island of Lewchew; with an Account of Her Subsequent Shipwreck. London: John Murray, 1818. Second edition, 8vo (214 x 124mm.) Half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 5 hand-coloured aquatint plates, tissue-guards. (Faint spotting to preliminaries.) 21st century brown full calf, black morocco lettering piece to the spine. Note: HMS Alceste was tasked with taking Lord Amherst to China to negotiate trade. This account by the naval surgeon John M’ Leod was a popular success as it described the Far East, including the East coast of Korea and the Ryukyu Islands, in greater detail than before. Making an early stop in Brazil, M’Leod describes the slave markets they encountered. After being shipwrecked in the Gaspair strait, they were then attacked by pirates, but all returned safely to England. Provenance: William Banbury (ink name inscribed to first and second blank leaves).

Estimate:£80

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