Bombardment of Canton: the suburbs on fire. and Plan of the City of Canton. caption titles

by Opium Wars - Antique Print, Richard Principal Leitch

A$175 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

London. Illustrated London News. January 17, 1857. Stock ID #179406 Half page engraving 15 x 23.7 cm and an inset town plan of Canton Guangzhou on a single newspaper leaf, with complete associated text, spots of browning, a few minor edge tears, but in very good condition. Engraving and town plan prepared for The Illustrated London News by Richard Principal Leitch 1844-1877 fl. after a sketch by an Officer

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