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ECKE, GUSTAV. CHINESE
DOMESTIC FURNITURE,
BEIJING: PEKIN HENRI VETCH,
1944 FOLIO (380 X 265 MM.)
161 uncoloured plates illustrating 122
pieces Unstitched as issued, the set
contained in original blue cloth box with
printed paper labels. One of 200 copies
HK$70,000-90,000
US$9,100-12,000

ໞ⨟Դ䢰(645"7 &$,&䢱⮐
Ǖ˯५⩈ᚐೱՔॲᏽǖ

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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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JOHN THOMSON, ILLUSTRATIONS OF CHINA ☽⠲gᬌୡᛆ⮐Ǖ˯५⧁˯५͂྘ӐǖᏦ྘㢤Րौ՞
AND ITS PEOPLE, LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, ⡙⩎ᴨൽ⊂ 卼ἃ᚝ឆ㞒㇝⎏ᘂᆴջヿ՞⁒ԠӬǯݯ
MARSTON, LOW AND SEARLE, 1873-1874
߅⊂ᙻ⼖ᡟ⼵ዴӭై卿᚝ჺᝪஙዴӭై⎏ݏໝܔ଍ㅳ㙁ਦᗇ֌
4 volumes. Each with 24 collotype plates with a total of 218 images,
ໝᇏ卿㘺㍯ձಫ㙊Իཌᐽᘂᐃႛ⎏㊘㍃ǯទᘂᆴ㫀ݬ୨ݺ卿्
varying sizes from 5 x 5 in. (12.5 x 12.5 cm.) to 11 º x 8 º in. ݦ⎋Ӭࢦݨᆌᾅ‷ࣿ⏟㨸ᙔໃ卿ཿ▔ᴨൽ⊂ ჺ☭཰㲞ᳰᇌ卿
(29.2 x 20.3 cm.). Descriptive text, list of plates, title, vol. I with
㘲㙞⏟ᨉ㉃㢙ԋஇ▘ᝯ⎏पٖྉ㬷ǯ
printed introduction. (4)
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-39,000 ࢦԬӽ⡕ݪ⯍Ӯࢦჺջ卿ᴨൽ⊂ᇖ㲞ᳰਹ☶卿⣌㙞ᅓ႔ǮझềǮ
᭼㯔Ǯᄹ㧰Ǯ◙႔ǮӳᱡǮ༱᯳Ǯࢶ՗✙஠卿ݻᯒ㧩ᮅᵒ᱁⩧
John Thomson (1837-1921) was a pioneering Scottish ӳ卿⏜ߪ㏟႔ǯᇌࣽ࢈ӳߪ㙤഍ᰥক࢈՗卿⊇⏟ᨉᐽӴԻᯒ㘶
photographer. He travelled in China for five years, explored
South China, Foochow and the River Min, Formosa (modern 㰍㎼ࣿ՞⏟ǯᴨൽᣢ⎏㥚㯔ㅏӶۣᝳᛮ᳖㙤໶㏟ᚉ卿ൈݦᅓ⥙
day Taiwan), North China, Peking, Shanghai and the Yangtze. ␰⇧㿋✙卿Ԯᝳヲ㯔ᑱᗇຽ⎏ཎ㏖কㅯ㑷⎏กഺǯᝤἃ㫙ᇑ⎏
The photographs in these four volumes show the many ᛓ卿⯝⋁ᛞ㉎ਮԋஇ⎏ݯձᘂᆴჇ⏟ᬘ卿ᴨൽ⊂Ӷᛓᘟᄙ໶৘卿
sides of China: sweeping landscapes, royalty and ruling ԮӶᛓ۔ᘰ೥卿⩧ᛓཇ᥉ᘂᆴჇǯᴨൽ⊂ᖸᝳ㧷ᘞ⎏ሲዏ卿ݻ
classes, merchants and economic activity, everyday life, and ࠼ӳձ໾㈊কὍڍ㇦Ꮢࠛה⎏ᾅ‷ক㉃㢙⎏ᙔໃ卿ཌԋஇ㘆→
the faces of men, women, and children. It is the first large-
scale photographic documentation of China and a visual ջट⎏Ⓔ♾ᥑᝳ܎ٿǯ
encyclopedia of its lands and peoples.

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