Destruction of the European factories at Canton. caption title

by Opium War- Antique Print, Gustave DorÉ, Robert, Loudan

A$250 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

London. Illustrated Times. March 21, 1857. Full-page engraving 23.5 x 33.6 cm (including caption) on a single newspaper leaf, relevant text on the verso, edge tears (no loss) and creasing, in very good condition. Dramatic and scarce engraving depicting the destruction of the Canton Factories, principal site of Western trade..... More

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