ATLAS. RANDON (Count). ATLAS OF THE CHINA EXPEDITION... Lot 51

[ATLAS]. RANDON (Count). ATLAS OF THE CHINA EXPEDITION IN 1860. Dépôt de la guerre, 1861-1862. In-plano ½ brown cloth printed publisher's boards. Spine largely missing. RARE ATLAS of 8 numbered PLANCHES (4 of them double-page), engraved by Erhard Schièble. They concern the Chinese expedition of 1860, the epilogue to the Second Opium War, which began in 1856. These plates were produced from official documents under the direction of General Blondel and the ministry of Marshal Count Randon. Atlas ENRICHED WITH SIX LARGE MANUSCRITED MAPS in color (black and red inks, colored pencil) on loose paper, folded and entitled : Itinéraire de l'embouchure du Peï-Ho à Pékin (73 X 71 cm) - Occupation de Tien-Tsin par la Flotille Anglo-Française le 16 mai 1859 (50 X 38 cm) - Plan du Camp de The-Fon et ses environs (50 X 38 cm) - Prise de canton 28 et 29 décembre 1857 (50 X 38 cm) - Combat de Tchang-Kia-Ouang September 18, 1860 (71 X 51 cm) - Map to help understand the landing operations of the Allied armies at the mouth of the Peh-Tang-Ho and the capture of the works defending the mouth of the Peï-Ho (71 X 52 cm).