Copper Engraving , Engraved by  Chedel after J. van Schley for the  Dutch edition of Provost's History of Voyages./“Histoire générale des voyages” by Abbé Prévost. Printed in 1746/7. Copper engraved print full plate mark and good margins. £45 inc delivery

Village of Kya kya from Nieuhof.

By   Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) French cartographer who worked for the French Marine Office. He was famous for his coastal charts and atlases. Published in   Paris by  Chez Didot,in  1748; from A.F. Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages,  19 x 14 £25 Earlier French edition

Grands du Royaume de Tonquin / Grooten van het Koninkryk Tonkin
 Copper engraving from Schley  after the drawing by  Cochin out of Bellin, By   Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) French cartographer who worked for the French Marine Office. He was famous for his coastal charts and atlases. Published in   Paris by  Chez Didot,in  1748; from A.F. Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages,  19 x 14 £25 Earlier French edition

The Silk Manufacture in China"

 “Silk Manufacture.”  Jean-Baptiste Du Halde.  A description of the empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, together with the kingdoms of Korea and Tibet: containing the geography and history (natural as well as civil) of those countries ... from the French of P.J.B. DuHalde, Jesuit, with notes geographical, historical and critical and other improvements, particularly in the maps by the translator (English  edition published London, E. Cave, 1738-41 and later in two parts in the London magazine in 1780), old fold in page £85

 

Guytery der Chinesche Papen Ontdekt.
  from 'Beschryvinge van het machtige keyserryk China'   by      Louis Le Comte Published  in the Hague: By Engelbregt Boucquet ..., 1698.Louis le Comte (1655-1728), also Louis-Daniel Lecomte, was a French Jesuit who participated in the 1687 French Jesuit mission to China under Jean de Fontaney. He arrived in China on 7 February 1688. Condition issues Printed to edge of paper minor creases  centre fold as issued £125 taken through cellophane sorry

Ceremonies de l'hommage qu'on rend à l'Empereur de la Chine

Engraving by Chedel  from a drawing by Benard  published in a French edition of Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Printed Chez Didot, 1750. . Pre the Schley Dutch edition . Copper engraved print full plate mark and good margins. Size 14 x 20 cms £30 plus inscription and margins slight page rippling needs a press

   


Jonge Onder-Kooning. Le Jeune Vice-Roy'. (The young Viceroy)
From J. Nieuhof 1669 Size 10×16 cm image on text page wood/copper engraving in text  From Atlas Chinensis; Being a Second Part of a Relation of Remarkable Passages in two Embassies from the East India Company of the United Provinces to the Vice-Roy Singlamong and General Taising, Lipovi, and to Konchi, Emperor of China and East Tartary. published 1672 copperplate engraving  originally published in Dutch by the trade diplomat johan Nieuhof / Jan Nieuhoff, but translated into English by the British mapmaker and publisher John Ogilby in 1669 and again in 1673. His translation included extra material from different publications, such as extracts from Athanasius Kircher’s China Illustrata (1667). .£25 tinted in text page

Die europäischen Factoreyen in Canton
Steel engraving from 'China historisch, romantisch, malerisch' published  1843 £15

 



"Garten-Pavilion eines Mandarinen" (
Pavilion and Gardens of a Mandarin, near Peking) engraved by Lang after a picture by Thomas Allom, published in China Illustraed german edition £15

Chine Habitation D'un Mandarin
 China. Original steel engraving, drawn and engraved by Lechard (after Allom). 1853. ie the french edition of Allom  £15

Tchien Lung Ta Whang Tee. Tchien Lung,
The Great Emperor. Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799) was the fifth Emperor of the Manchu-led Qing Dynasty Copper engraving from An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China: including cursory observations made, and information obtained in travelling through that ancient empire, and a small part of Chinese Tartary.by Sir George Staunton, George Macartney Macartney (Earl),  Sir Erasmus Gower
 Published by G. Nicol, 1797  £30 rare

 


Chinese Merchants
Original antique ethnographic print From Charles Theodore Middleton's " A New and Complete System of Geography Containing a Full, Accurate, Authentic and Interesting Account and Description of Europe, Asia, Afric and America Consisting of. . . . etc" .  Printed for J. Cooke , London 1777-79. :  Part page £12

Chinese Dresses Bonze, Nun, Emperor, Woman of Rank
Original antique ethnographic print From Charles Theodore Middleton's " A New and Complete System of Geography Containing a Full, Accurate, Authentic and Interesting Account and Description of Europe, Asia, Afric and America Consisting of. . . . etc" .  Printed for J. Cooke , London 1777-79. :  Part page £12  x 4

Chinese Mandarins State, Law, Military
Original antique ethnographic print From Charles Theodore Middleton's " A New and Complete System of Geography Containing a Full, Accurate, Authentic and Interesting Account and Description of Europe, Asia, Afric and America Consisting of. . . . etc" .  Printed for J. Cooke , London 1777-79. :  Part page £12

"Chinese Dresses Peasant, Country Woman, Servant, Maid, Begging Bonze
Original antique ethnographic print From Charles Theodore Middleton's " A New and Complete System of Geography Containing a Full, Accurate, Authentic and Interesting Account and Description of Europe, Asia, Afric and America Consisting of. . . . etc" .  Printed for J. Cooke , London 1777-79. :  Part page £12 x 4

Barques des Chinoises Tiré de Nieuhof

Engraving by Chedel  from a drawing by Benard  published in a French edition of Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Printed Chez Didot, 1750. . Pre the Schley Dutch edition . Copper engraved print full plate mark and good margins. Size 14 x 20 cms £30 plus inscription and margins

Village de Kya Kya Tiré de Nieuhof

Engraving by Chedel  from a drawing by Benard  published in a French edition of Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Printed Chez Didot, 1750. . Pre the Schley Dutch edition . Copper engraved print full plate mark and good margins. Size 14 x 20 cms £30 plus inscription and margins

Vue D'une Rue de Nanking

Engraving by Chedel  from a drawing by Benard  published in a French edition of Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Printed Chez Didot, 1750. . Pre the Schley Dutch edition . Copper engraved print full plate mark and good margins. Size 14 x 20 cms £30 plus inscription and margins x2

Dutch copy by Schley ie same pic other  edition x2

Arc de Triomphe de canton

Engraving by Chedel  from a drawing by Benard  published in a French edition of Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Printed Chez Didot, 1750. . Pre the Schley Dutch edition . Copper engraved print full plate mark and good margins. Size 14 x 20 cms £30 plus inscription and margins x 2

Idoles du Tibet  Tirées de Grueber / Tibet

Engraving by Chedel  from a drawing by Benard  published in a French edition of Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Printed Chez Didot, 1750. . Pre the Schley Dutch edition . Copper engraved print full plate mark and good margins. Size 14 x 20 cms £30 plus inscription and margins

Chateau de Putala. Tiré de Grueber / Tibet

Engraving by Chedel  from a drawing by Benard  published in a French edition of Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Printed Chez Didot, 1750. . Pre the Schley Dutch edition . Copper engraved print full plate mark and good margins. Size 14 x 20 cms £30 plus inscription and margins + 1 of the earlier Beauvais edition

Palais du Dairo

Copper-engraving, full page with good margins, published in Allain M. Mallet's description of the world. 'Description de L'Univers' but the French 1683 edition 15 x 11 cm £25 scarce 

Chinese Punishment of the Rack"


Antique steel engraving , published in The Gallery of Engravings, 1844.  Size 22 x 17 cm Originally from  'China, in a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits,. . , by Thomas Allom, Esq./ Rev. G. N. Wright, M.A. £2o

Figures Chinoises
Engraving by Chedel  from a drawing by Benard  published in a French edition of Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Printed Chez Didot, 1750. . Pre the Schley Dutch edition . Copper engraved print full plate mark and good margins. Size 14 x 20 cms £30 plus inscription and margins + 2 of the earlier Beauvais edition

Dames Chinoises De Fo tires de Halde
Engraving by Chedel  from a drawing by Benard  published in a French edition of Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Printed Chez Didot, 1750. . Pre the Schley Dutch edition . Copper engraved print full plate mark and good margins. Size 14 x 20 cms £30 plus inscription and margins foxing mk as showm + 2 of the earlier Beauvais edition

Grand Lama et le Roi de Tangut/ Tibet
Engraving by Chedel  from a drawing by Benard  published in a French edition of Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Printed Chez Didot, 1750. . Pre the Schley Dutch edition . Copper engraved print full plate mark and good margins. Size 14 x 20 cms £30 plus inscription and margins

Pretres ou Moines De Fo tires de Nieuhof
Engraving by Chedel  from a drawing by Benard  published in a French edition of Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Printed Chez Didot, 1750. . Pre the Schley Dutch edition . Copper engraved print full plate mark and good margins. Size 14 x 20 cms £30 plus inscription and margins + 2 of the earlier Beauvais edition

le Grand Lama Consulte sur le Sort d'un Enfant tire de Gruebert/ Tibet
Engraving by Chedel  from a drawing by Benard  published in a French edition of Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Printed Chez Didot, 1750. . Pre the Schley Dutch edition . Copper engraved print full plate mark and good margins. Size 14 x 20 cms £30 plus inscription and margins + 1 of the earlier Beauvais edition

Cabinet de Feuillage ou les Chinois font les festins des Morts
Engraving by Chedel  from a drawing by Benard  published in a French edition of Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Printed Chez Didot, 1750. . Pre the Schley Dutch edition . Copper engraved print full plate mark and good margins. Size 14 x 20 cms £30 plus inscription and margins some mks + 1 of the earlier Beauvais edition

Mandarins  tires de Nieuhof
Engraving by Chedel  from a drawing by Benard  published in a French edition of Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Printed Chez Didot, 1750. . Pre the Schley Dutch edition . Copper engraved print full plate mark and good margins. Size 14 x 20 cms £30 plus inscription and margins + 1 of the earlier Beauvais edition

Comediens Chinois tires de Nieuhof
Engraving by Chedel  from a drawing by Benard  published in a French edition of Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Printed Chez Didot, 1750. . Pre the Schley Dutch edition . Copper engraved print full plate mark and good margins. Size 14 x 20 cms £30 plus inscription and margins + 1 of the earlier Beauvais edition

Coins de Differentes Dynasties / Table de Compte

(Chinese coins / abacus) Antique copper engraving Published in   Paris by  Chez Didot,in  1748; from A.F. Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, £30 unmounted shows early cash

Cambalu oder Peking. - Cambalu oui Peking.

Copper-engraving, full page with good margins, published in Allain M. Mallet's description of the world. 'Description de L'Univers' Frankfurt, 1684/5 reprinted 1719 ( ie cannot be positive re edition not that old personally )15 x 11 cm £25 scarce x 2

The fortress of Tyen-tsing-wey, on the utmost border eastward of the province of Pe-king, where 3 rivers meet. From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by George Child. Size 23 x 19 cm on laid paper £30 some have light offsetting

 
 

The Tower of Nanking / Triumphal Arch



Two engravings on one copper-plate by Edward Rooker (British, 1711-1774) Original antique ethnographic print From c.1780; (17 x 25 cm) + wide, decorative, borders. Published London c.  1782 for Alex HOGG, 16 Pater-noster Row.from  John Moore's New and Complete Collection of Voyages (1780) reprinted from "Modern History: or, the Present State of all Nations," by Thomas Salmon, published by Bettesworth & Hitch, London, 1739£30

 The Idol Dabis/ Chinese Idols



Two engravings on one copper-plate by Edward Rooker (British, 1711-1774) Original antique ethnographic print From c.1780; (17 x 25 cm) + wide, decorative, borders. Published London c.  1782 for Alex HOGG, 16 Pater-noster Row.from  John Moore's New and Complete Collection of Voyages (1780) reprinted from "Modern History: or, the Present State of all Nations," by Thomas Salmon, published by Bettesworth & Hitch, London, 1739 £30

,.  1. A Chinese Prostitute 2. View of a large Street of one of ye Trading Cities in China . 

Two engravings on one copper-plate Issued in John Harris's 'Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca', or 'A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels'.  Commissioned under King George II of England, published London, 1748. Image 32.5 x 23.5cm  £15.  .marked whole page complete good margins

Begging Devotees who stroll thru' China  and extort Alms

by Edward Rooker (British, 1711-1774) Original antique ethnographic print From c.1780; (17 x 25 cm) + wide, decorative, borders. Published London c.  1782 for Alex HOGG, 16 Pater-noster Row.from  John Moore's New and Complete Collection of Voyages (1780) £15 . . 5 copies

The Embassadors Entry Through The Famous Chinese Wall. 

Engraving on one copper-plate Issued in John Harris's 'Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca', or 'A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels'.  Commissioned under King George II of England, published London, 1748. Image 32.5 x 23.5cm  £15 whole page complete good margins edge tear some age toning image  ie poorly copy of top engraving HeatonsBridge of Cut Stone & Entrance to a Temple, Simoda   Hand tinted d lithograph from Narrative of Commodore Perry’s Trade Expedition to the China Seas and Japan 1852-1854 Narrative authorized by the US Senate and published by US Government Drawn by  Wilhelm Heine 1827-1885 Lithographer: P. S. Duval & Co. Philadelphia Page size 29 x 22.7cm 

 
Temple de Quang Qua Myau
 Engraved by Jakob van der Schley, 1715-1779 Issued Paris, From Histoire des Voyages by Abbe Prevost, 1749 but a bilingual Dutch and French edition   fold as issued  £25   Page 20 x 25 cm unmounted
Vue d'une rue de Nan - King
 Engraved by Jakob van der Schley, 1715-1779 Issued Paris, From Histoire des Voyages by Abbe Prevost, 1749 but a bilingual Dutch and French edition   fold as issued  £25   Page 20 x 25 cm unmounted

Audience of leave. From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by James Basire. Size 23 x 19 cm on laid paper £20 some have light offsetting

View of the Porcelain Tower at Nankin in China
 Antique copper engraving by Angus after a picture by Stothard, published in The Geographical Magazine New System of Geography William Martyn 1793 scarce .  Size 18 x 14.5 cms rare £30 unmounted

Nankin (Nanjing)

Antique copper engraving by  George Cooke, published in A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in Various Parts of Asia: published in 1819  by John Pinkerton printed by Londmans . Image size 22 x  14.5 cm a few marks in sky but rare £30 unmounted

The City of Shau Chew  Fu

Antique copper engraving by  George Cooke,originally  from Nieuhof published in A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in Various Parts of Asia: published in 1819  by John Pinkerton printed by Londmans . Image size 22 x  14.5 cm a few marks in sky but rare £30 unmounted

A View of Pekin, the Capital of China" (Beijing)
Antique copper engraving by M Craig,  ( Artist ) , J Wallis,  ( Engraver ). London, Wallis,  1805.  10" x 8" copper Engraving, plus margins with full plate mark. scarce early pic published Brightly & Kinnersley, Bungay in Suffolk, from  Rev. E.Blomfield's A Complete and Universal Dictionary.  1805  £30 x 3

  Pre the  Engraving Copyright Act 1734 or Engravers' Copyright Act and for a few years after many engravers simply copied other often 'foreign ' editions so the same image appears in differing editions



The Observatory at Pe-Kin

From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by Nathaniel Parr Size 23 x 19 cm on laid paper £25 all full  page

Chinese sepulchres; Chinese husbandmen, Mountains & straits of Sang-wan-hab on the River Tay
From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by Nathaniel Parr Size 23 x 19 cm on laid paper £8 all full  page stained will wash

Figures from du Halde; An emperor of China - in his usual dress, in his robes; A Bonza; A husbandman. Chinese ladies
From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by Nathaniel Parr Size 23 x 19 cm on laid paper £25 all full  page marked will wash £    20

 Chinese ladies (rt)
From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ;Size image 14.5 x 19.5 cm on laid paper £18 The same item  showing the   dress larger as a single image

Court Lords at lassa from Greuber

From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ;Size image 14.5 x 19.5 cm on laid paper £18 The same item  showing the   dress larger as a single image

A Chart of the Bay of Chin-Chew or Chang-Chew in China, from Montanus. Temple of Paulin Shi near Nankin.
From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by Nathaniel Parr Size 23 x 19 cm on laid paper £40 all full  page marked

Bell of Pe-king; Bell of Erford. Chateau de Putala
From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by Nathaniel Parr Size 23 x 19 cm on laid paper £25 all full  page

The Great Imperial Throne
From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by Nathaniel Parr Size 23 x 19 cm on laid paper £25 all full  page

The Supreme  Imperial Hall of Audience
From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by Nathaniel Parr Size 23 x 19 cm on laid paper £25 all full  page

Ambassadors at the their Audience
From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by Nathaniel Parr Size 23 x 19 cm on laid paper £25 all full  page

 

Asia frontespiece
From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by Nathaniel Parr Size 23 x 19 cm on laid paper £25 all full  page

Silk Manufacture
From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by Nathaniel Parr Size 23 x 19 cm on laid paper £10 all full  pagedamaged

Lou Wa or Fishing Bird with the manner of Fishing
Priests or Monks of Fo, from Nieuhof' From '
A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by Nathaniel Parr Size 23 x 19 cm on laid paper £25 all full  page

Nan-yang, a Chinese city on the River Kyang 
Chinese Barks
  From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by George Child, Mynde,Nathaniel Parr etc. Size 23 x 19 cm x 2on laid paper £25

 
A flying fish; Village of Lan-tang, near Ma-kau
Temple of Quang
From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by George Child, Mynde,Nathaniel Parr etc. Size 23 x 19 cm on laid paper £25

City of Cochin
City of Diu
From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by George Child, Mynde,Nathaniel Parr etc. Size 23 x 19 cm on laid paper £25

'Mandarins or place-men from Du Halde those of war/ those in Government/females
From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by George Child, Mynde,Nathaniel Parr etc. Size 23 x 19 cmx 2 on laid paper £25

females from Du Halde
From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by George Child, Mynde,Nathaniel Parr etc.Size image 14.5 x 19.5 cm on laid paper £18 The same item  showing the  common dress larger as a single image

Death of the last Chinese emperor of the Ming in 1644
Chinese Actors
From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by George Child, Mynde,Nathaniel Parr etc. Size 23 x 19 cmx 2 on laid paper £25

Death of the last Chinese emperor of the Ming in 1644

From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by George Child, Mynde,Nathaniel Parr etc. Size 23 x 19 cm on laid paper £18 half page

Chinese Actors ie base half of page
 From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by George Child, Mynde,Nathaniel Parr etc. Size 23 x 19 cm on laid paper £18

Way of Catching Fish by Boards jap-pann'd with white varnish which the Fish mistaking . .
CHINA. City of Tong-chew (TONGZHOU, BEIJING). Pilgrimage to a Chinese God
 From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by George Child, Mynde,Nathaniel Parr etc. Size 23 x 19 cmx 2 on laid paper £25

The Mountain of the five Horse-Heads
The Fortress of Tyen-Tsing-Wey, on the utmost Border eastward
From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by George Child, Mynde,Nathaniel Parr etc. Size 23 x 19 cm x 2 on laid paper £25

Hu Kew Hyen, or Kyew on the River Kyang'.
HUKOU, Jiangxi Province
  From 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by George Child, Mynde,Nathaniel Parr etc. Size 23 x 19 cm on laid paper £25

  Water Castle Canton + Music
ew general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'. (published 1745-47) by John Green, fl. 1730-1753 & Thomas Astley ; engraved by George Child, Mynde,Nathaniel Parr etc. Size 23 x 19 cm on laid paper £25

The City of Shau Chew  Fu

Antique copper engraving by  George Cooke,originally  from Nieuhof published in A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in Various Parts of Asia: published in 1819  by John Pinkerton printed by Londmans . Image size 22 x  14.5 cm a few marks in sky but rare £30 unmounted

Punishment of the Bastinade
Antique steel, engraving from "China, in a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits, of That Ancient Empire. Drawn, from Original and Authentic Sketches, by Thomas Allom, Esq. With Historical and Descriptive Notices by the Rev. G. N. Wright,"
 four volumes: 1843-1847 Published by Fisher, Son, & Co., London and Paris  All have large borders Size 175 x 245mm Unmounted  £30 hand tinted x 2 one repaired to margin

  The Woo-Tang  Mountains
Antique steel, engraving from "China, in a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits, of That Ancient Empire. Drawn, from Original and Authentic Sketches, by Thomas Allom, Esq. With Historical and Descriptive Notices by the Rev. G. N. Wright,"
 four volumes: 1843-1847 Published by Fisher, Son, & Co., London and Paris  All have large borders Size 175 x 245mm Unmounted  £30 hand tinted

Coal Mines at Ying-Tih
Antique steel, engraving from "China, in a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits, of That Ancient Empire. Drawn, from Original and Authentic Sketches, by Thomas Allom, Esq. With Historical and Descriptive Notices by the Rev. G. N. Wright,"
 four volumes: 1843-1847 Published by Fisher, Son, & Co., London and Paris  All have large borders Size 175 x 245mm Unmounted £30 hand tinted

Temple of Buddha, Canton,
Antique steel, engraving from "China, in a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits, of That Ancient Empire. Drawn, from Original and Authentic Sketches, by Thomas Allom, Esq. With Historical and Descriptive Notices by the Rev. G. N. Wright,"
 four volumes: 1843-1847 Published by Fisher, Son, & Co., London and Paris  All have large borders Size 175 x 245mm Unmounted  £30 hand tinted

Punishment of the Tcha or Cangue. Ting-hai
Antique steel, engraving from "China, in a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits, of That Ancient Empire. Drawn, from Original and Authentic Sketches, by Thomas Allom, Esq. With Historical and Descriptive Notices by the Rev. G. N. Wright,"
 four volumes: 1843-1847 Published by Fisher, Son, & Co., London and Paris  All have large borders Size 175 x 245mm Unmounted £30 hand tinted

Cotton Plantations at Ning-po
Antique steel, engraving from "China, in a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits, of That Ancient Empire. Drawn, from Original and Authentic Sketches, by Thomas Allom, Esq. With Historical and Descriptive Notices by the Rev. G. N. Wright,"
 four volumes: 1843-1847 Published by Fisher, Son, & Co., London and Paris  All have large borders Size 175 x 245mm Unmounted  £30 hand tinted x 2

 

Chinese Opium Smokers
Antique steel, engraving from "China, in a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits, of That Ancient Empire. Drawn, from Original and Authentic Sketches, by Thomas Allom, Esq. With Historical and Descriptive Notices by the Rev. G. N. Wright,"
 four volumes: 1843-1847 Published by Fisher, Son, & Co., London and Paris  All have large borders Size 175 x 245mm Unmounted £15 hand tinted mucky x 2

Joss House, Chapoo Death of Col. Tomlinson
Antique steel, engraving from "China, in a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits, of That Ancient Empire. Drawn, from Original and Authentic Sketches, by Thomas Allom, Esq. With Historical and Descriptive Notices by the Rev. G. N. Wright,"
 four volumes: 1843-1847 Published by Fisher, Son, & Co., London and Paris  All have large borders Size 175 x 245mm Unmounted  £30 hand tinted

  Chinese Marriage Procession /at the Blue-cloud Creek, Chin-Keang-foo.
Antique steel, engraving from "China, in a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits, of That Ancient Empire. Drawn, from Original and Authentic Sketches, by Thomas Allom, Esq. With Historical and Descriptive Notices by the Rev. G. N. Wright,"
 four volumes: 1843-1847 Published by Fisher, Son, & Co., London and Paris  All have large borders Size 175 x 245mm Unmounted  £30 hand tinted

Canton  'after a native Painting, '

Original antique steel engraving  drawn by  H.Melville, engraved by Henry Jorden (fl.1828-1836), published by Fisher, son and Co. 1845. 15.5 x 9 cm. £12 unmounted

Port of Ting Hae
Original antique steel engraving  drawn by C. Graham, engraved by A. H. Payne published Brain Payne London 1844-7 for  Payne's Universum or Pictorial World .Image size 16 x 10+ cm Unmounted £12 slightly mucky ie surface soiling  x 3

 

Tiger Island Entrance of the Canton River
Original antique steel engraving drawn by C. Stanfield, engraved by E. Goodall. Published in China Illustrated, 1843 Size 175 x 245mm Unmounted £10 slightly mucky

Jugglers Exhibiting in the Court of a Mandarin's Palace
Original antique steel engraving drawn by  Thomas Allom from China Illustrated or Select Engraving by Thomas Allom (1804-1872) | Printed in Four Volumes in London Between 1843 and 1847 Edited  by G.H. Wright hand tinted but toned page £15 unmounted

 
 

Sketch of the Chinese Wall, Military Post, Watch-tower, and Pagoda

Antique copper engraving from Encyclopaedia Londinensis; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, Comprehending, Under One General . ..  by John Wilkes, edited by John Jones  Issued in 24 volumes from 1796-1828 Hand coloured £25 unmounted loss to corner