[vi], 323, [1] pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece and 5 hand-colored plates. (8vo) 21.5x13 cm (8½x5¼") marbled calf rebacked with later leather tooled in gilt with black title label. Second Edition.
John M'Leod was surgeon of the Alceste, his account of the loss of the ship was called "animating and ennobling" in the Edinburgh Review. Much detailed description of people and places encountered in the Far East.