SYMES (Lieutenant-Colonel Michael) - An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava, sent by the Governor-General of India, in the Year 1795. London, Printed for J. Debrett (1800) Atlas volume containing 2 folding engraved maps and 22 engraved plates, 11 of which are folding, in contemporary half calf, rebacked and with new end papers. Also the text in two vols. from the 1827 edition in worn original cloth.Description of many aspects of Burmese life, including native dress, language, food, marriage and funeral ceremonies, agriculture, including the cultivation of indigo, the flora and fauna.