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Suite of 9 scarce Chinese photographs of street scenes, exotic locations, and a bustling river view, several
of Canton, with “Water Clock,” “The Dragon Boat,” “A Chinese Parlour,” and more.Albumen prints,
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3
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4
x10
1
/
2
inches (19.7x26.7 cm.), 4 with captions in the negative; one duplicate. 1890s
[6,000/9,000]
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(CHINA.)
The Pageant of Peking.
Photographs by Donald Mennie with an introduction by PutnamWeale. Beautifully illustrated with
66 tipped-inVandyke photogravures. Folio, gilt-stamped silk, backstrip faded and edges lightly worn;
preliminaries foxed, overall gravures very good.
SIGNED BY MENNIE
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NOT ILLUSTRATED
]
China: A.S.Watson & Co., 1922
[800/1,200]
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