PANORAMA OF PEKING during the Celebrations of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Emperor Kang-He's birthday.
- original gilt pictorial purple silk wrappers (front cover dulled)
- Shanghai: Tien-Shin-Chai,, 1879
(CHINA)
PANORAMA OF PEKING during the Celebrations of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Emperor Kang-He's birthday.
Shanghai: Tien-Shin-Chai, 1879.
Profusely illustrated throughout with 292 pages lithographed with images, mostly captioned below in English script and on the side
Small 8vo, measures: 6 1/8 x 3 3/4 inches (155 x 96 mm), original gilt pictorial purple silk wrappers (front cover dulled).
First edition thus.
With 6 page Introduction in English, explaining that the festivities being described date back to the western calendar year 1721. Six pages of text as introduction, in English at the front and in Chinese at the back.
PANORAMA OF PEKING during the Celebrations of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Emperor Kang-He's birthday.
Shanghai: Tien-Shin-Chai, 1879.
Profusely illustrated throughout with 292 pages lithographed with images, mostly captioned below in English script and on the side
Small 8vo, measures: 6 1/8 x 3 3/4 inches (155 x 96 mm), original gilt pictorial purple silk wrappers (front cover dulled).
First edition thus.
With 6 page Introduction in English, explaining that the festivities being described date back to the western calendar year 1721. Six pages of text as introduction, in English at the front and in Chinese at the back.
Details
Title
PANORAMA OF PEKING during the Celebrations of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Emperor Kang-He's birthday.
Author
(CHINA)
Binding
original gilt pictorial purple silk wrappers (front cover dulled)
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
Tien-Shin-Chai,: Shanghai
Date
1879
Edition
First edition thus