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236 - [China]. ALLOM, Thomas. PELLE, Clément.
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[China]. ALLOM, Thomas. PELLE, Clément. The Chinese Empire, Illustrated from Sketches Made on the Spot... London, Fisher, Sons & Co., 1845. 2 parts in one in-4 volume (28 x 21 cm), engraved title page and 74 pp., 31 plates; engraved title page and 73-(4) pp., 31 plates (out of 32). Contemporary red half-shagreen with corners, red embossed percaline covers highlighted with a gold fillet, spine with faux raised bands decorated with gold panels, title and gold metal fittings (corners and edges slightly rubbed, a few scattered foxing spots, Vol. 4 is missing one plate). Part Two comprising volumes three and four of *The Chinese Empire*, illustrated by Thomas Allom with texts by Clément Pellé. French first edition of this important work on China, illustrated after Thomas Allom, one of the great British architects of the 19th century known for his topographical illustrations, notably his detailed views of China and Istanbul. Each volume includes a title page in English, “China, Scenery, Architecture, Social Habits, &c. Illustrated,” with a steel-engraved vignette. The illustrations consist of 62 steel engravings based on Allom’s drawings by Allen, Le Petit, Dixon, Floyd, Willmore, and others… Captioned in English, French, and German. Cordier, Sinica, I, 81.
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