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Title(s)
Illustrations of the mode of preparing the Indian opium intended for the Chinese market / from drawings made by Captain Walter S. Sherwill.
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Additional Title(s)
Indian opium, its mode of preparation for the Chinese market
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Published/Created
London : James Madden, 1851.
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Physical Description
[8] leaves, [7] leaves of plates : col ill. ; 36 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
HV5840.I5 S54 1851+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Cover title: The Indian opium, its mode of preparation for the Chinese market. From drawings by Capt. Walter S. Sherwill, Royal Native Infantry, Revenue Surveyor.
Tinted lithographs by Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor.
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 478
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in publisher's original illustrated boards.
MUDD WE 1764: Poor condition. Bound with Francis, C.R. Sketches of native life in India. 1848. -
Subject Terms
Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor -- Printer. | Madden, J. -- Publisher. | Narcotics -- China -- History. | Narcotics -- India -- History. | Opium trade -- China. | Opium trade -- History. | Opium trade -- India.
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Export
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IIIF Manifest
The examining hall, opium factory at Patna, India -- The mixing room, opium factory at Patna, India -- The balling room, opium factory at Patna, India -- Drying room, opium factory at Patna, India -- The stacking room, opium factory at Patna, India -- The opium fleet, descending the Ganges en route to Calcutta -- (Opium and knife).
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