CHINA. WRIGHT, GEORGE NEWENHAM. And THOMAS ALLOM, Illustrator. China, in a series of Views, Di...
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CHINA. WRIGHT, GEORGE NEWENHAM. And THOMAS ALLOM, Illustrator. China, in a series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits.... London: Fisher and Son, [1843]. 4 volumes in 2. 4to (270 x 202 mm). 4 engraved vignette titles, 123 (of 124, missing 'Silver Island in volume 4) engraved plates. Contemporary straight grain morocco, gilt, large tear across one plate ('Ladies of a Mandarins Family'), roughly repaired with paper, tear to surrounding leaves. Provenance: Edmund Lomax, Alsprings (bookplate). Allom's engravings, after drawings from Staunton's collection, show many places in the interior of China which were new to Western eyes, and it was considered 'the best-known nineteenth-century work on the subject' (ODNB). Cordier Sinica 80-81; Lowendhahl 986; Lust 363. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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