A Chinese Floating Town and Chinese Batsiangs or boats covered with mats , the rowers of which are clad in cocoa leaves. caption titles

by Charles Theodore Middleton, C. White, Engraver

A$175 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

(London). (circa 1779). A pair of engravings on a single sheet of laid paper, each 14 x 15 cm (including captions); 37 x 23 cm (sheet), the sheet with scattered spotting and toning mainly affecting the margins, but in very good condition. This engraving appeared in Middleton's "New & Complete..... More

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