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Lot Number
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88
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Author
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PROPERTY OF VISCOUNT STRATHALLAN, FROM THE LIBRARY AT STOBHALL THOMSON, JOHN.
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Title
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ILLUSTRATIONS OF CHINA AND ITS PEOPLE. A SERIES OF TWO HUNDRED PHOTOGRAPHS, WITH LETTERPRESS DESCRIPTIVE OF THE PLACES AND PEOPLE REPRESENTED.
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Year Published
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1873
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Place Printed
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LONDON
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Printed By
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SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, LOW AND SEARLE
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Description
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PROPERTY OF VISCOUNT STRATHALLAN, FROM THE LIBRARY AT STOBHALL THOMSON, JOHN. ILLUSTRATIONS OF CHINA AND ITS PEOPLE. A SERIES OF TWO HUNDRED PHOTOGRAPHS, WITH LETTERPRESS DESCRIPTIVE OF THE PLACES AND PEOPLE REPRESENTED. LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, LOW AND SEARLE, 1873-1874 First edition, 4 volumes, folio (472 x 348mm.), 218 photographs (collotypes) on 96 plates, interleaved with descriptive text, publisher's cloth, upper covers titled and blocked in gilt showing the Confucian Temple, Peking, gilt edges, flat spines with modern morocco lettering labels, some minor stains and light dust-soiling, bindings rebacked retaining original spines and skilfully restored, a little rubbed
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Lot Note
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See illustration on pages 6-7.
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Estimated Price
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GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00( USD 15200.00 - USD 22800.00)
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Actual Price
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GBP 49,250.00 ( USD 74860.00)
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