In the press and speedily will be published : Peter Parley's tales with numerous engravings on steel and wood, from designs by artists of first talent, illustrative of China and the Chinese.

Accession number: 
PML 196071.39
Published: 
London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., and all booksellers, [1843?]
Description: 
1 sheet ([1] p.) : col. ill. ; 38 cm.
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes: 

Text printed in red, blue, yellow, and black within decorative border printed in blue and red, inset with wood engraved illustrations in black.
One of the small wood engraved border vignettes is signed: C.D. Laing.
Peter Parley's tales about China and the Chinese was published by Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. in 1843.
At foot of sheet: City Press, Long Lane : D.A. Doudney.

Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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