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1883197076Paris.: Canson Libraire-Editeur. 1883. Chromolithograph highlighted with hand colour 26 x 29.5 cms; 63.7 x 45 cms sheet the generous margins a trifle soiled with scant spotting but the image in very good condition. Richly coloured plate with attractive botanicals from the French portfolio "Ornements de la Chine Recueil de Dessins Pour l'Art et l'Industrie" A Collection of Designs for Art and Industry one of the most attractive 19th century books of design of which only 500 copies were issued. . Canson, Libraire-Editeur. unknown
1883197079Paris.: Canson Libraire-Editeur. 1883. Chromolithograph highlighted with hand colour 29.3 x 24 cms;63.5 x 45 cms sheet the large margins a little toned upper corner a little creased and spotted but in very good condition. A charming landscape delicately coloured from the influential French work "Ornements de la Chine Recueil de Dessins Pour l'Art et l'Industrie" A Collection of Designs for Art and Industry one of the most attractive 19th century books of design of which only 500 copies were issued. . . Canson, Libraire-Editeur. unknown
1883193704Paris.: Canson Libraire-Editeur. 1883. Chromolithograph highlighted with hand colour and gilt 26 x 29.5 cms; 63.7 x 45 cms sheet the generous margins a trifle soiled with scant spotting and minor edgewear the image in very good condition. Richly coloured illuminated plate from the French portfolio "Ornements de la Chine Recueil de Dessins Pour l'Art et l'Industrie" A Collection of Designs for Art and Industry one of the most attractive 19th century books of design of which only 500 copies were issued. This work was a seminal influence on the introduction of Chinoiserie and Islamic decorative art to French artists and craftsmen. In 1863 the authors Eugène Collinot and Adalbert de Beaumont founded their own faience factory in the Bois de Boulogne specializing in wares inspired by Persian and Iznik pottery. see "Grove Dictionary of Art". . Canson, Libraire-Editeur. unknown
1883193706Paris.: Canson Libraire-Editeur. 1883. Chromolithograph highlighted with hand colour and gilt 29 x 35 cms; 45.4 x 63.7 cms sheet the generous margins a trifle soiled with scant spotting and minor edgewear the images in very good condition. Richly coloured illuminated plate from the French portfolio "Ornements de la Chine Recueil de Dessins Pour l'Art et l'Industrie" A Collection of Designs for Art and Industry one of the most attractive 19th century books of design of which only 500 copies were issued. This work was a seminal influence on the introduction of Chinoiserie and Islamic decorative art to French artists and craftsmen. In 1863 the authors Eugène Collinot and Adalbert de Beaumont founded their own faience factory in the Bois de Boulogne specializing in wares inspired by Persian and Iznik pottery. see "Grove Dictionary of Art". . Canson, Libraire-Editeur. unknown
1873206134London.: The Illustrated London News. April1873. Two full page black and white wood-engravings on sequential newspaper leaves with related text on the verso of one leaf 23.8 x 34 cms images; 27.7 x 39.8 cms sheets slightly age-toned but in very good condition. Engraving in six panels of a ceremonial Chinese Imperial wedding procession. The text on the verso notes: <br>"The long procession attending a Chinese bride in her sedan chair to the hymeneal altar followed by her parents or closest relatives on horseback and escorted by several bands of musicians standard-bearers and liveried servants carrying the pieces of ornamental furniture presented to her as marriage gifts is copied from a pretty book of pictures drawn in colours on reice-paper by a Chinese artist". . The Illustrated London News. unknown
1858178655London.: The Illustrated London News. May 81858. Two half-page engravings each 11.5 x 34 cm on a single newspaper leaf the leaf with marginal edge wear and occasional toning but very good dark impressions. Two river views of Canton Guangzhou from "The Illustrated London News" months before the Treaty of Tientsin was signed following the Battle of Canton in December 1857. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . The Illustrated London News unknown
1812195892London.: J. J. Stockdale. 1812. Three handcoloured engravings 10.5 x 17.5 cms landscape and two portrait partial watermark sheets toned handsomely preserved in cerulean card window mounts all in very good condition. Three European engravings illustrating three stages in the manufacture of Chinese porcelain from an edition of "China: Its Costume Arts Manufactures &c." by Breton de la Martiniere very attractively handcoloured. . J. J. Stockdale. unknown
1857179724London.: Illustrated London News. January 311857. Half-page engraving 17.5 x 22.5 cms on a single newspaper leaf complete descriptive text overleaf marginal spotting and edge-wear but in very good condition. Engraving published during the months prior to the attack on and four year occupation of Canton Guangzhou by allied British and French troops during the time of the Second Opium War. The commentary overleaf quotes from the then recently published account of Commodore Perry's Expedition to Japan & the China Sea in 1852-1854 and the treacherous passage from Macao to Whampoa and the risk posed by pirates. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker with his pencilled catalogue note. . Illustrated London News unknown
1738206300London. 1738. Five engraved architectural plans and a key together 36 x 21.6 cms; 40.2 x 25.3 cms sheet age-toning small tide-mark affecting an upper corner but overall in very good condition. Attractive group of engravings depicting walled cities of the Chinese Qing dynasty province of Pe-Che-Li today Zhili province. The engravings show a plan of Peking with a key at left; Yung-ping-fu Guangfu; Long-men-hyen Luoyang; Chin-ting-fu; and a "Plan of part of the great wall on the Side of Yung-ping-fu flank'd by several fortresses." This is a plate from an English edition of Jean Baptiste Du Halde's encyclopedic compendium of the written accounts of some 27 Jesuits in China documenting the history and customs of the country. . unknown
1738206290London. 1738. Six engraved architectural plans together 36 x 21.6 cms; 40.2 x 25.3 cms sheet age-toning short edge tear at lower corner soft creasing at upper left corner very good condition. An attractive suite of engravings depicting six walled cities of the Chinese Qing dynasty province of Shen-si now Shaanxi in northwestern China : Si-ngan-fu Xi'an Chwang-lan Zhuanglang Lan-chew Lanzhou Kan-chew Ing-chew and Ku-ywen Chew. This is a plate from an English edition of Jean Baptiste Du Halde's encyclopedic compendium of the written accounts of some 27 Jesuits in China documenting the history and customs of the country. . unknown
1738206287London. 1738. Five engraved architectural plans together 36 x 21.6 cms; 40.2 x 25.3 cms sheet age-toning small repaired edge tear overall very good condition. Suite of 18th Century engravings from an English edition of Jean Baptiste Du Halde's encyclopedic compendium of the written accounts of some 27 Jesuits in China documenting the history and customs of the country. <br>The engravings show the four walled cities of the Chinese Qing dynasty province of Quey-Chew present Guizhou in Southwest China: Quey-Yang Fu Guiyang Ping-Ywen Fu Pu-ngan Chew and Chin-Ywen Fu. . unknown
1738206291London. 1738. Six engraved architectural plans together 36 x 21.6 cms; 40.2 x 25.3 cms sheet age-toning inner margin with paper loss to plate mark not affecting the engravings overall very good condition. An attractive suite of engravings depicting six walled cities of Chinese Qing dynasty provinces: Yun-nan Fu Ta-li Fu Dali Kyen-ning Jian'ou Chang-tay Hyen Nan Chang Fu Nanchang and Kya-chew Pingyao. This is a plate from an English edition of Jean Baptiste Du Halde's encyclopedic compendium of the written accounts of some 27 Jesuits in China documenting the history and customs of the country. . unknown
1843182063London.: Fisher Son & Co. 1843. Engraving 12.5 x 18.9 cms ; 19.9 x 26.4 cms sheet edge toning but the image in very good condition. From Allom's popular 19th Century series of views 'China Its Scenery Architecture Social Habits etc.' The caption to the finely detailed engraving is here printed in English with the French and German translation. . Fisher, Son & Co. unknown
1883179436London.: Illustrated London News. Sept. 291883. Four engravings with captions on a double newspaper leaf the main image approx. 20 x 46.5 cm complete associated text overleaf central fold lower corner chipped but the images and text in very good condition. Four engravings of Tianjin and the Peiho Hai River in winter prepared for "The Illustrated London News". Foreign trade had been approved at this strategically important port for the British and French by the 1860 Peking Convention. Between 1895 and 1900 the two original powers were joined by Japan Germany Russia Austria-Hungary Italy and Belgium in establishing self-contained concessions each with their own prisons schools barracks and hospitals. The main engraving shows three foreign war vessels: H.M.S. Lapwing British a German gunboat and one from the United States laid up for winter their decks roofed over and being provisioned. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . Illustrated London News. unknown
1873204562New York.: Harper's Weekly. July 261873. Seven captioned wood engravings on two newspaper leaves from Harper's Weekly: six on one page each approx 10 x 11cms and one three-quarter page 30 x 22.5cms with related commentary sheet size 40 x 28cms small edge tear too the inner margin of the larger engraving no loss in all very good condition. The three-quarter page engraving "The Feast of Lanterns" includes a brief text article describing all the engravings in the lower margin which continues on the verso of sheet. The six vignette illustrations are: “Death in the Cage” “Conveying Prisoners to the Lock-up” “Coolies” “A Mendicant” “The Rain-coat” and “Convicts”. . Harper's Weekly. unknown
1889199767London.: The Graphic. August 31889. A series of six captioned wood engravings arranged as a storyboard on a single newspaper leaf 30.4 x 22.2cms storyboard; 40.9 x 28.4cms sheet unrelated text on the verso faint edge-toning in very good condition. Six captioned wood engravings "A Trip in a Chinese House Boat" from sketches by a British Officer on HMS Medusa: "We Are Mistaken for Smugglers" "Thank Goodness Dog is an Article of Diet Here" "The wit of the village discourses on the Barbarian Toilet" "A Little Argument" "Some of the Crew" and "Rivals rapidly approaching our shooting ground. Five minutes for Tiffin.The fowl is adamant." . The Graphic. unknown
1870178194London.: The Illustrated London News. May 281870. Engraving 23.5 x 34 cm image; 28 x 40.4 cm sheet lower edge a little ragged in very good condition Fine full page engraving of the Great Gorge from "The Illustrated London News". <br> <br>From the estate of the late scholar and collector Arthur Hacker. . The Illustrated London News. unknown
1873179980London.: The Illustrated London News. May 241873. Full-page engraving: 23.4 x 31.3 cm image only explanatory text overleaf minor edge wear very good condition. Atmospheric and detailed composition engraved by the firm of Joseph Swain Oxford 1820 - Ealing 1908. Swain was one of the finest wood engravers and interpreters of artists' work of the Victorian era noted for his contributions to "Punch" and wood engravings after designs by some of the most distinguished English artists of the time. He is noted for his swirling lines and tonal effects rendering the modulation of light. See Simon Cooke "A Clever Man: Joseph Swain as an Engraver and Interpreter" online at The Victorian Web. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . The Illustrated London News unknown
1745199410London. 1745-1747. Copperplate engraving 20 x 33.2 cms image 25 x 43 cms sheet original folds a little age-toned but in very good clean condition. A striking view of Nanxiong in the province of Guangdong central to the tea route leading to Canton Guangzhou <br>The image is after the work of Johan Nieuhof 1618-1672 whose 17th century views were amongst the most influential European images of China. Nieuhof a German-born diplomat and adventurer was travelling in the service of the Dutch East India Company VOC eager to establish trade relations with China. This engraving was published in "A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels" published in London by Astley. . unknown
1818180169London.: The Illustrated London News. September 181875. Engraving 10 x 23.8 cms on a trimmed newspaper leaf complete descriptive text edges a little rough and stained in good condition. Fine engraving prepared for "The Illustrated London News". <br> <br>The commentary relates the attack of a British engineer the inspector of lighthouses. The recently completed lighthouse unfortunately not shown provoked resentment in the local population as the workers has been brought from Ningbo. The commentary also mentions the recent murder of the British diplomat Augustus Raymond Margary and his staff in February 1875 whilst scoping potential overland trade routes between British India and China's provinces provoked a diplomatic crisis with China. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . The Illustrated London News. unknown
1900222087Philadelphia.: National Publishing Company. c1900. Black and white full page and in-text illustrations1 p.l. vii-xvi 17-612pp glossary and chronology blind embossed leather with gilt lettering on the upper board backstrip replaced and original title label pasted down decorative endpapers inner front gutter cracked but holding firm corners knocked and light wear to extremities internally clean and sound. The title page announces the contents in dramatic terms reflecting the period: "a complete history of the Boxers; the Tai-Ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners customs and peculiarities of the Chinese; oriental splendors; superstitions; secret societies; the opium habit; idol worship; industries; great cities; natural scenery etc. etc…This great work contains full accounts of recent atrocities in China by such eminent missionaries as Bishop Thorburn Bishop Anzer Miss Anna D. Gloss Superintendent of Christian Hospitals in Pekin Clavin H. Mills of Shan-tung China and many others. Profusely Illustrated with Scenes in China and all objects of interest in that Wonderful Country." Written by an editorial staff member of the Chicago Times-Herald newspaper. . National Publishing Company hardcover
1959217972Peking.: Peking Publishing House. 1959. Broadside 63 x 53cm folding to 18 x 14cm a total of ten coloured maps. Somewhat worn along folds with few cellotape repairs by a prior owner a good copy. An interesting collection of maps of Peking dating to the tenth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the year following the launch of the economic and social policies of the Great Leap Forward. On one side is a nine panel map "Sketch Map of Peking Streets" plus three smaller transportation maps Communications in Peking's Outskirts plus City Bus Lines and Tram and Trolley Bus Routes; on the other side are maps of: the Imperial Palace Museum Chungshan Park & Working People's Cultural Palace'; Peihai Park; Yi Ho Yuan the Summer Palace; Tien Tan 9the Temple of Heaven; Hsiangshan; and the Peking Zoo. . Peking Publishing House. unknown
1933177468London.: Church Missionary Society. Circa1933. Tipped-in coloured illustrations from photographs and one illustration identified as from a Chinese poster buff coloured stiff boards with lightly abraded coloured illustration pasted down on the upper board 18.5 x 12cm; 60 pp. A very nice copy. Nine short stories with Chinese children as protagonists evidently a publication intended for a young Christian audience. . Church Missionary Society. hardcover
196716838Urumqi XinJiang Uyghur Autonomous Region: Cultural Revolution Committee of Urumqi / Xinjiang Army Divisioni 1967/8. Two extraordinary hand-crafted parade banners ca. 110" x 84" 9 feet x 7 feet one slightly smaller. Each entirely composed of hook-work with colored yarns on white muslin backing. Slight age-toning and soil; a few threads loose but no significant losses; Near Fine condition overall. Folded and stored in original velvet draw-string carrying bags as found.<br /> <br /> Both banners bear the inscription "Chairman Mao Reviewing the Great Army of the Cultural Revolution" and depict the August 1966 mass rally at Tiananmen Gate where more than 10 million Red Guards from all over China converged to express their solidarity with Mao and his second-in-command Lin Biao. Additional text on the lower banner reads "Long Live Chairman Mao for ten thousand years" and "Sailing in the ocean requires a helmsman" -- both quotes from Lin Biao. The agencies responsible for the banners are identified in lower right of each: "Cultural Revolution Committee of Xinjiang Army Division 1968" upper banner and "Cultural Revolution Committee of Urumqi 1967" lower. <br /> <br /> The presence of Biao the figure to the right of Mao holding the Little Red Book in the top banner is of particular interest. Biao compiler of The Quotations of Chairman Mao popularly known as the "Little Red Book" and coiner of the phrase "Maoism" was probably more responsible than any other figure for creating the cult of personality around Mao particularly at the time of the Cultural Revolution. He quickly ascended Party ranks and was widely seen as Mao's obvious successor. But in 1971 Biao was exposed in the process of an apparent coup attempt the details of the event have never been made public. He died in an airplane crash attempting to leave China and from this point forward was officially condemned as a traitor by the Communist Party; any record of his achievements on behalf of the Revolution was expunged from the official record and any positive image of Biao would have been confiscated and destroyed as a matter of course - suggesting either that these banners left China prior to 1971 or that they remained out of sight until some later date. The second possibility is plausible given whence the banners issued - both were created by Red Guard branches in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region an extremely remote province in China's northwest corner and for many years the center of a militant independence movement for Uyghur and other Turkic minorities. Cultural Revolution Committee of Urumqi / Xinjiang Army Divisioni unknown
1940177490Indianapolis.: The George F. Cram Co. Inc. Circa1940s. Colour map 56 x 40.5cm sheet size folding to 21.5 x 11.5cm as issued into yellow stiffened card wrappers Light creasing to edges of wrappers map is in fine condition. Exceptional detail to this uncommon independent map issue from the Cram company. A wealth of towns are marked on this map issued just after the United States entered the second world war. There is a small inset of Peiping and Environs and one of HongKong and Territorial Concessions. The "Explanation" at lower right lists English translations for Chinese words such as fu ting chau and hsien cities of the 1st to 4th ranks ling mountain chain mo desert etc. . The George F. Cram Co., Inc. unknown
