With 36 engravings of China by Thomas Allom
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Author: [Wright, George Newenham]
Title: The Chinese Empire Illustrated
Place Published: London and New York
Publisher:The London Printing and Publishing Company (Limited)
Date Published: c. 1858
Description: 4 parts in booklet form + 4 loose plates. With 36 total engraved plates after drawings by Thomas Allom. Booklets approximately 29x22.5 cm (11½x9"), string-bound printed pictorial wrappers.First published in 1843 as "China in a Series of Views," and subsequent editions bore variants of the title, differing numbers of plates, and revisions to the text as the course of history marched on. The various engravings depict the architecture, customs, people and landscapes of mid 19th century China.
Author: [Wright, George Newenham]
Title: The Chinese Empire Illustrated
Place Published: London and New York
Publisher:The London Printing and Publishing Company (Limited)
Date Published: c. 1858
Description: 4 parts in booklet form + 4 loose plates. With 36 total engraved plates after drawings by Thomas Allom. Booklets approximately 29x22.5 cm (11½x9"), string-bound printed pictorial wrappers.First published in 1843 as "China in a Series of Views," and subsequent editions bore variants of the title, differing numbers of plates, and revisions to the text as the course of history marched on. The various engravings depict the architecture, customs, people and landscapes of mid 19th century China.
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Ink marks and stamps on wrapper margins; varying damage to wrappers; toning and foxing to pages and plates, mostly marginal, images largely clean; very good.
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With 36 engravings of China by Thomas Allom
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