[China. South Africa] A voyage to Cochinchina in the years 1792 and 1793:

containing a general view of the valuable productions and the political importance of this flourishing kingdom; and also of such European Settlements as were visited on the Voyage: with Sketches of the Manners, Character, and Condition of their Several Inhabitants. To which is annexed an account of a journey made in the years 1801 and 1802, to the residence of the chief of the Booshuana Nation [South Africa]. By John Barrow. London, printed by Strahan and Preston for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806, XVIII, 447 p., with folding, engraved map and 18 (of 20) colour-printed and/ or handcoloured aquatint plates (incl. frontispiece and 2 double-p.), modern halfleather in old style, 4to.

Restored ex library copy with many scattered stamps, repairs etc. Sold w.a.f. Lacks the plate index, which is available digitally, showing that plates 9 and 10 are lacking (Tomb of Colonel Cathart and View of the Great Church in Batavia).