Lot 49
China historisch, romantisch, malerisch. Karlsruhe (1843).
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
49
Category:
Geography and work of views
(Wright, George Newenham): China historisch, romantisch, malerisch. Karlsruhe: Kunst-Verlag (Engelmann 1843-44). 27 x 20 cm. With a hand-painted title page and 35 steel-engraved plates on China after Th. Allom. XLVIII, 351 pp. Half-leather with title on the spine and spine decoration
(Battered, dented and scuffed. Frontispiece, title page and first page stamped. Water-stained throughout. Tanned. With a few pencil markings.)
Cordier BS, Sp. 81. Lipperheide Le 31 (Anm.). Löwendahl 987. See Engelmann 130. - First German edition, originally published in 12 instalments. The original was published in London in 1843 under the title ‘China, in a series of views’. The steel engravings, which are reduced-scale reproductions of Allom’s illustrations, depict views of the Great Wall of China, Canton, Nanking, Hong Kong and other locations – Thomas Allom (1804–1872) copied many Chinese drawings from Sir George Staunton’s collection.
(Battered, dented and scuffed. Frontispiece, title page and first page stamped. Water-stained throughout. Tanned. With a few pencil markings.)
Cordier BS, Sp. 81. Lipperheide Le 31 (Anm.). Löwendahl 987. See Engelmann 130. - First German edition, originally published in 12 instalments. The original was published in London in 1843 under the title ‘China, in a series of views’. The steel engravings, which are reduced-scale reproductions of Allom’s illustrations, depict views of the Great Wall of China, Canton, Nanking, Hong Kong and other locations – Thomas Allom (1804–1872) copied many Chinese drawings from Sir George Staunton’s collection.