1845 ALLOM CHINA lot 8 prints Empire #5 Dragon Boats AMOY Harbor Chusan Spring

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Seller: ppacific ✉️ (1,588) 0%, Location: Wailuku, Hawaii, US, Ships to: US & many other countries, Item: 322994124485 1845 ALLOM CHINA lot 8 prints Empire #5 Dragon Boats AMOY Harbor Chusan Spring. Thomas ALLOM (artist for all) - 8 Chinese scenes Part #5 CHINESE EMPIRE ILLUSTRATED includes Dragon Boat festival All plates in this issue by Allom - COMPLETE & UNBROKEN WITH ORIGINAL PAPER WRAPS The British had mid-19th trade and military relations with China and documented it for popular consumption as the "Chinese Empire" Series. These were first published in string-bound serialized parts in London in the mid-1840s.Thomas Allom is the English artist most closely associated with this series. Each issue had an elaborate decorative thin paper cover featuring the intricate types faces of the era followed by 8 high quality and very detailed engravings of Chinese scenes , characters and events + 16 pages of explanatory text. (The text and the images don't always match.) Because of their fine detail and realistic nature these images were quite popular. The booklets were often purchased, broken, hand colored and the engraved plates re-sold individually. It is unusual at this late date to find unbroken issues. Scarce to say the least. This is Part 5 complete and unbroken - all plates by Allom in very good condition, some with marginal discoloration, all blank on back. Publication measures 11.25 x 8.75," published by the London Printing Publishing Co., London and NY, no date but roughly 1845, all with original tissue guards still intact and present Here are the details for Issue #5 Thin paper front wrap with ornate illus and typography, detached but present All plates with credit line London Printing, all in horizontal format Some light scattered foxing throughout Contains eight finely detailed engravings all by Allom 1. City of Amoy from the Tombs (view harbor from hilltop) - Allom 2. Ancient Tombs near Amoy (marginal discoloration) - Allom 3. Lake Lee Hoo and the temple of the thundering Winds from the Vale of Tombs - Allom 4. Temple of the Benzes in the Quaing Yen Rock  (some marginal discoloration) - Allom 5. Vale of Ting hau, Chusan - Allom 6. The proof sword rock, Hoo hin Shan (some marginal discoloration) - Allom 7. Festival of the Dragon Boat, 5th Day 5th Month - Allom 8. Ceremony of Meeting the Spring - Allom + approx 16 pages of partially uncut text on related subject in China. We also have parts 4, 7, 10 and 16, of this series all complete and unbroken. Same size and general description, different images. These other parts are also listed on eBay. Make an offer to take them all. To see them all type 1845 Allom into the eBay search box. Google "Thomas Allom" for Wiki with details on the life and work of this noted British artist, best known for his finely detailed views of China. US shipping includes insurance and signature confirmation via priority air from Hawaii. This is a final sale. International shipment via eBay Global, we ship to them. They ship to you. Pricey but secure and tracked all the way. PRINTS PACIFIC, Ltd. is based in Maui, Hawaii, USA. We have been antiquarian book and print dealers since 1979.  We ship everything by AIR.  No exceptions. Please view our other items. Coming to Hawaii? Visit us on Maui by appointment
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  • Condition: front cover detached but present, a few of the prints with marginal discoloration - ORIGINAL INTACT 8 antique engravings w/original wrps
  • Style: Asian
  • Date of Creation: 1845
  • Originality: Original
  • Subject: China people landscape & related
  • Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
  • Artist: Th. Allom
  • Quantity Type: Lot of 8 different antique prints
  • Year: 1845
  • Medium: Engraving

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