An accurate account of Lord Macartney's embassy to China  carefully abridged from the original work: with alterations and corrections, by the editor, Who Was Also AN Attendant ON The Embassy. Embellished with a striking likeness of the present emperor, From an Original Drawing in the Possession of the Editor.

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