The Chinese empire
Subtitle: illustrated: being a series of views from original sketches, displaying the scenery, architecture, social habits, &c., of that ancient and exclusive nation
By: by Thomas Allom, esq., with historical and descriptive letterpress, by the Rev. G. N. Wright, M. A.  The work will also contain a succinct account of the history of China; a narrative of British connexion with that nation, the opium war of 1840, and full details of the causes and events of the present war.
Contributors: Wright, G. N. 1790?-1877.
Publisher: The London printing and publishing company (limited)
Published: 1858
Place of publication: London; and New York
Language: eng
Subjects: China -- Description and travel.; China -- Social life and customs.; China -- History.
Notes: Vol. 1 has added t.-p., engraved; v. 2. has engraved t.-p. only.