China, In a Series of Views, Displaying The Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits of That Ancient Empire

Description

Publication Date: 1843
Four volumes in one
Publisher: Peter Jackson, Late Fisher, Son, & Co.,

Illustrated with superb steel engravings after designs by Thomas Allom (1802-1872) executed by a number of master-engravers. The work also contains copies of Chinese drawings from Staunton's collection, executed by Captain Stoddard and others (reproduced in Alexander's The Costume of China, 1805). The study centers mainly on the south-east of China (Canton, Macao, Nanjing, Shanghai) although there are excellent images of Peking and Yehol.