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Lot 145
Sale 5465 - The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer, Part III
Jan 30, 2020
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[Travel & Exploration] [China] Wright, G.N. China, in a Series of Views, Displaying The Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits, of That Ancient Empire
London: Fisher, Son, & Co., no date (ca. 1843). In four volumes. 4to. Illustrated with 124 steel engraved views and four additional engraved vignette titles by Thomas Allom. Contemporary three-quarter green morocco over green cloth-covered boards, stamped in gilt, corners and edges slightly rubbed and scuffed, spine fading to brown; all edges gilt; dampstaining at bottom fore-edge areas in first volume, moderate foxing to vignette title and other scattered light foxing in same volume; scattered light to occasionally moderate foxing in second through fourth volumes.