China, in a Series of Views, displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits, of that Ancient Empire by Thomas Allom. With Historical and Descriptive Notices by the Rev. G.N. Wright

ALLOM, Thomas (1804-1872), and WRIGHT, The Rev. G.N. (1794-1877)

Published by London: Fisher, Son, & Co., n.d. (1843)

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[Travel] Four volumes bound as two. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.[2] 96; 72, pp.68; 56. Illustrated with 124 black and white engraved plates, as called for. All four title pages present. Contemporary half navy blue calf, gilt, over marbled paper-covered sides, marbled edges and endpapers. Text leaves clean, plates browned to margins as expected, covers rubbed with some wear to joints and headbands. Very good indeed, attractively bound. The standard steel-pate book on China, written by the Irish topographer and clergyman George Newenham Wright, and illustrated from drawings made in situ by the English artist and architect Thomas Allom, a founding member of what became the Royal Institute of British Architects and whose projects included The Houses of Parliament.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: China, in a Series of Views, displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits, of that Ancient Empire by Thomas Allom. With Historical and Descriptive Notices by the Rev. G.N. Wright
• Publisher: London: Fisher, Son, & Co., n.d. (1843)
• Binding: Hardcover
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  • Travel & Topography