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Title: A Description of the Kingdom of Tonqueen Author: Baron, S[amuel] Place: [London] Publisher: [J. Walthoe] Date: [1732] Description: [2], 40 pp. With 13 copper-engraved plates (including frontispiece map) on 7 sheets, 2 of them double-page. (folio) 34.2x22.5 cm. (13½x9"), modern quarter leather & marbled boards. Account of northern Vietnam and adjacent regions of China, published as part of Vol. 6 of Churchill's A Collection of Voyages and Travels, here removed. This copy is notable for the extensive contemporary ink notes in English, covering the backs of the frontispiece and a few other plates, much of the map itself, on some of the plates and occasional margins, plus underlining to the text - although difficult to read, they seem to have been written by someone familiar with the region. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Lot Amendments Condition: Some soiling and mostly marginal staining, overall very good. Item number: 220110