![Stock ID #154371 Tempel Des Buddha in Canton. [Views of Canton]. THOMAS ALLOM, THÜMLING...](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/154371.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1775620917)
Carlsruhe: Kunstverlag, (circa 1843). Black and white engraving 10 x 15.5 cm, slight spotting visible in margins, good condition. Fine nineteenth-century view of a Buddhist temple in Canton after Thomas Allom, prepared for the German edition of George Wright's 1843 work on China. When referring to this item please quote..... More
Philadelphia. H. S. Tanner, circa 1836. Map with original handcolour, 28.5 x 35.6 cms; 34.5 x 45.4 cms (sheet including plate mark), inset map, "Western Part of Russia", some age toning to the margins, but in very good, bright condition. An attractive hand-coloured map showing the mass of Russia east..... More
![Stock ID #179980 Sketches in China: Village Interior Near Shanghai. [Caption Title]. CHINA -...](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/179980.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1750213923)
London. The Illustrated London News, May 24, 1873. Full-page engraving: 23.4 x 31.3 cm (image only), explanatory text overleaf, minor edge wear, very good condition. Atmospheric and detailed composition engraved by the firm of Joseph Swain (Oxford, 1820 - Ealing, 1908). Swain was one of the finest wood engravers (and..... More
Paris. Gustave Barba Editeur. ( 1856). Lithographed map with original hand colour, central fold, 24.2 x 31.5 cm, marginal toning, plate number in manuscript, in very good condition. Finely engraved Dufour map of Central Asia prepared for his "Atlas Populaire" showing East Turkestan (Petite Boukharie) and Kalmykia (Dzoungarie) Mongolia and..... More
Edinburgh & London. William Blackwood & Sons. ( 1861). Engraved map with original outline hand-colour, 57 x 43.8 cm, 61.1 x 49 cm (sheet), central fold, very slight edge toning, but the map in very good, bright condition. First edition. Fine, large folding map: the Nile delta and river with..... More
(London.): ( 1796). Large format engraving 30.8 x 45.3 cm (plus caption and margins), spots of browning to the image, two sealed edge tears one affecting the caption and the upper edge of the image (without loss), two old paper repairs to the margin, the sheet a little creased and..... More
London. G.Nicol. April 12, 1796. Large format engraving 30.8 x 45.3 cms; 40.3 x 55.3 cms (inc. caption and platemark), margins dusty and spotted and residue from previous backing to the verso, now attractively preserved loose in a window mount, a strong dark impression in good condition. Detailed and elegant..... More
Calcutta. E. I. R. Press, [circa 1910.]. Folding engraved map 33.5 x 73.5 cm, river systems in blue, attractively bursting the borders of the map, inset map of the network into Calcutta, legend noting stations, lines under construction and foreign railways; original folds, two small fold splits with no loss..... More
London. (Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge); Charles Knight, 1852. Engraved map, 39 x 30.5 cms; 41 x 34 cms (sheet), relief throughout shown by hachures, publisher's or binder's numeric stamp (94A), the margins a little browned and chipped with loss to the two keys at the inner edge..... More
New York. [circa 1910]. Printed colour map 29 x 25 cm with inset map of the Eastern Part of India, colour key reference key to the ruling divisions, current and projected railways and telegraphs also shown, central fold, slight toning; in very good condition. Interesting map shaded by Divisions: the..... More
Paris. (circa 1837). Engraved map with original outline hand-colour, 22 x 30 cm; 28.8 x 38.6 cm (sheet), marginal repair to the lower corner (not affecting the map), sheet lightly age-toned, in very good condition, preserved in a window mount. Fine map of China, Japan, and Central Asia, noting Manchuria..... More
New York. Hunt & Eaton. [Circa 1893]. Printed map in colour, elevation shown with hachures, 29 x 23.5 cm, text on the verso relating to entries for Afghanistan Beluchistan and Turkey, prepared for Hunt & Eaton's "New York Recorder's Atlas", small tears to the top edge, but in very good..... More
Chicago. Rand McNally & Co., 1890. Map with original colour 18.6 x 25.9 cm, central fold, inner margin darkened and outer margin a bit worn but in very good condition. An appealing map showing Iran/Persia, Afghanistan and Beluchistan finely shaded and the borders with Turkey, India, Turkestan and the Russian..... More
London. G.Nicol. April 12, 1796. Copper-plate engraving 30.2 x 47 cms, 36.5 x 49.8 cms (sheet including caption) scattered foxing (affecting the sky of the image only), sheet trimmed, but a very good dark impression. Elegant engraving after the work of William Alexander published in George Staunton's official account of..... More
London. Charles Knight & Co., [circa 1840s.]. Lithographed map with original outline hand-colour, 31.9 x 39.1 cm, small marginal tears neatly repaired with archival material, but no loss, small surface abrasion affecting the border at the foot, edgewear and browning, inked pagination in an early hand, but in very good..... More
London. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Baldwin & Cradock. 1830. Engraved map wth outline hand colour, 29.7 x 42 cm, relief shown in hachures, key to abbreviations, including "Ancient Ruins", the west and east extremities attactively engraved to burst through the border, original folds, map with occasional spotting..... More
London. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge; Baldwin & Cradock. 1832. Handcoloured map, 29.5 x 39 cms (including platemark); 34.5 x 42 cms (sheet), relief throughout shown by hachures, publisher's or binder's stamp (99), the margins a little browned and chipped, but in very good condition. An attractive map..... More
London. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge; Baldwin & Cradock. 1832. Handcoloured map, 28.5 x 39 cms (including platemark); 34 x 41 cms (sheet), relief throughout shown by hachures, publisher's or binder's numeric stamp (102), the margins a little browned and chipped, but in very good condition. This sheet..... More
London. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1839. A pair of engraved maps, 39.1 x 41.6 cms, 41.1 x 34.5 cms (sheet), sealed edge tears to the right outer margins on each sheet (without loss),, the left margins have been re-enforced with washi, some age-toning, but both maps in..... More