Lot n° 308
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[CHINA] Sanshichiro YAMAMOTO, PUBL. BY - Views of the North China affair.
Tokyo, Kanda Nishikicho, february 1901. 270 x 397 mm, leaves assembled in Japanese style and held together by 2 cords, first cover illustrated in colour (some fading on the first cover, upper right corner creased, traces of dust on the lower cover, without the slipcase)
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. [4] ff. and 57 ff. of plates. Introduction and colophon written in Japanese. Album with 106 collotypes in 57 plates relating to the Boxer Rebellion: military of the 8-nation alliance, views of the Imperial Palace, temples and other sights in and around Peking, several scenes of damage caused by the conflict ("The Chon-Yan Gate in Peking destroyed by bullets"; "The dining room of the Japanese legation destroyed by bullets"), groups of foreign detachments and camps.
Provenances: handwritten notation Cormack Grant, Tientsin, 4.III.01; stamped in the name of Sanyu & Co, photographer, Tientsin.
Some foxing on title page and edge.
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