
Lot 29•
FORTAVION (G.C. DE) La guerre de Chine. Grand panorama illustré historique et anecdotique, Paris, Guérin-Muller, 1862
1 February 2017, 13:00 GMT
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FORTAVION (G.C. DE)
La guerre de Chine. Grand panorama illustré historique et anecdotique, 16 lithographed plates, title browned, small repair in margin of one text leaf, publisher's cloth-backed lithographed boards, illustration on upper cover hand-coloured, rebacked, soiled [Cordier Sinica 4146; Löwendahl 1625], oblong folio (302 x 460mm.), Paris, Guérin-Muller, 1862
Footnotes
"The attractive plates show details of fleets, battles and encampments, during General Montauban's campaign in China with the allied army in 1860. The views include Canton, the procession of the Chinese plenipotentiaries at the camp in Tien-Tsin, the Summer palace, the taking of Pekin and the triumphant entry of the allied armies in Peking" (Western Travellers in China).