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78 - FORTAVION (G.C. de). THE CHINESE WAR. A Grand Illustrated Historical and Anecdotal Panorama. Pont-à-Mousson, Haguenthal, and Paris: Guerin-Muller, 1865.
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FORTAVION (G.C. de). THE CHINESE WAR. A Grand Illustrated Historical and Anecdotal Panorama. Pont-à-Mousson, Haguenthal, and Paris: Guerin-Muller, 1865. In-4° cardboard binding, front cover illustrated by the publisher. A rare album comprising 16 pages of text describing 16 DOUBLE-PAGE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS (300 x 460 mm) illustrating scenes and various stages of the 1860 China Expedition (View of Canton, Shanghai Harbor, the Tche-Fou camp, Yen-Tai, the Summer Palace, the capture of Beijing, etc.). These plates were drawn and lithographed by G. C. Fortavion, likely an officer who participated in the Chinese campaign. Spine and covers reinforced; signs of handling in the margins; colors remain vivid; one plate is torn along the fold for 5 centimeters with a very small loss.
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