Papers relating to the Proceedings of Her Majesty s Naval Forces at Canton. with Appendix. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty -
1857 - Printed by Harrison and Sons, London - Only Edition
Complete and rare set of the papers presented to the Houses of Parliament in 1857, with two important maps, one being a survey of the Pearl River Delta.
These papers provide the detailed correspondence between all the major British participants engaged in the second ‘Opium War’, including Consul Harry S. Parkes, Sir John Bowring, the Earl of Clarendon (British Foreign Secretary), the Secretary of the Admiralty, Imperial Commissioner and Viceroy Ye Mingchen, Commodore Charles Elliot, Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour (Commander-in-chief of the British Forces), Sir John Bowring and Sir George Bonham (Governors of Hong Kong).
Maps:-
1. Folding black and white sketch supplied map by Harry S. Parkes of ‘Plan of the Barrier Forts’ in 1856 [28.4x44cm] opposite page 120.
2. Large folding Admiralty chart of ‘Chu-Kiang or Canton River from Boca Tigris to Canton/ Chu-Kiang or Canton River from Macao & Hong Kong to Boca Tigris’ highlighted in colour [printed by the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty,London, 29 January 1857 [54x57cm] to the rear.
Appendices:-
Appendix A – ‘Papers respecting the Right of British Subjects to have Free Entrance into Canton.’ (pp. 150-211)
Appendix B – ‘Treaty between Her Majesty and the Emperor of China, signed in the English and Chinese Languages, at Nanking, August 29,1842.–(Ratifications exchanged at Hong Kong, June 26, 1843’. (pp. 213-5)
Appendix C – ‘Supplementary Treaty between Her Majesty and the Emperor of China, signed at Hoomun-Chae, October 8, 1843.’ (pp. 217-21)
Appendix D – ‘Convention signed at Bocca Tigris, April 4, 1846.’ (pp. 223)
Appendix E – ‘Commissioner Keying’s Agreement.’ (pp. 225) Provenance: Pencil lines to select paragraphs (ink rulings to pages 80-81), not affecting text, but without indication to whom they belong.
Folio (binding size 33.6x22.7cm), pp. [2] [2 (title page)] [2 ‘List of Papers’)] 225 [1] [2]. Appropriately bound to style in half blue-calf over matching blue marbled boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, contemporary marbled edges, new endpapers. Condition: Clean throughout with the exception of soiling and small repair to title page, soiling to rear of last page, large map with small repairs to verso, in fine recent binding. Ref: 112051 Price: HK$ 80,000
These papers provide the detailed correspondence between all the major British participants engaged in the second ‘Opium War’, including Consul Harry S. Parkes, Sir John Bowring, the Earl of Clarendon (British Foreign Secretary), the Secretary of the Admiralty, Imperial Commissioner and Viceroy Ye Mingchen, Commodore Charles Elliot, Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour (Commander-in-chief of the British Forces), Sir John Bowring and Sir George Bonham (Governors of Hong Kong).
Maps:-
1. Folding black and white sketch supplied map by Harry S. Parkes of ‘Plan of the Barrier Forts’ in 1856 [28.4x44cm] opposite page 120.
2. Large folding Admiralty chart of ‘Chu-Kiang or Canton River from Boca Tigris to Canton/ Chu-Kiang or Canton River from Macao & Hong Kong to Boca Tigris’ highlighted in colour [printed by the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty,London, 29 January 1857 [54x57cm] to the rear.
Appendices:-
Appendix A – ‘Papers respecting the Right of British Subjects to have Free Entrance into Canton.’ (pp. 150-211)
Appendix B – ‘Treaty between Her Majesty and the Emperor of China, signed in the English and Chinese Languages, at Nanking, August 29,1842.–(Ratifications exchanged at Hong Kong, June 26, 1843’. (pp. 213-5)
Appendix C – ‘Supplementary Treaty between Her Majesty and the Emperor of China, signed at Hoomun-Chae, October 8, 1843.’ (pp. 217-21)
Appendix D – ‘Convention signed at Bocca Tigris, April 4, 1846.’ (pp. 223)
Appendix E – ‘Commissioner Keying’s Agreement.’ (pp. 225) Provenance: Pencil lines to select paragraphs (ink rulings to pages 80-81), not affecting text, but without indication to whom they belong.
Folio (binding size 33.6x22.7cm), pp. [2] [2 (title page)] [2 ‘List of Papers’)] 225 [1] [2]. Appropriately bound to style in half blue-calf over matching blue marbled boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, contemporary marbled edges, new endpapers. Condition: Clean throughout with the exception of soiling and small repair to title page, soiling to rear of last page, large map with small repairs to verso, in fine recent binding. Ref: 112051 Price: HK$ 80,000