Live auction - Lot 611
[China]
L'Empire chinois illustré d'après des dessins pris sur les lieux, par Thomas Allom. Avec les descriptions des moeurs, des coutumes, de l'architecture, de l'industrie &c. du peuple chinois depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours.
London, Fisher, Fils et Cie, [1843-1845]
Hammer price: €
1.500
€ 300 / 400
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Lot description
4 vol., 4to; 129 pl. (foxing).
Publ. gilt pictorial cloth, flat spines, a.e.g. (sl. soiled).
Beautiful edition, richly illustrated with 129 very finely steel-engr. pl. by Th. Allom (comprising 4 front. and 4 engr. titles) showing a dinner party at the house of a Mandarin, the culture and preparation of tea, a bamboo bridge in Hong Kong, etc. Allom (1804-1872) is known as the architect of some important buildings in London such as the churches at Notting Hill and Highbury.
ref. Lipperheide 1533. - Cordier, Sinica, 81. - BnF.