La Chine à Terre et en Ballon.

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reproduction de 272 photographies, exécutées par des officiers du génie du corps expéditionnaire et groupées sur 42 planches et phototypie avec légendes explicatives. First edition. No.16 of a limited edition of 25 copies on Whatman paper. Photographic title and 41 collotype plates. Folio. Bound in contemporary quarter-calf over marbled boards, a very good copy. Title, 15(list of plates & introduction)pp. Paris, Berger-Levrault & Cie, Photographs, mainly of Peking and Tientsin, taken by Capts. Calmel, Plaisant and Tissier. These photographers were part of a French contingent sent to China during the Boxer Rebellion. The images are interesting for the unusual mix of both civil and military scenes, including views of the destruction wrought by Boxers and troops as well as scenes from daily life and palace life. It includes for example an image of a special train used for the conveyance of eunuchs to the Summer Palace. Of particular interest are also the arial photographs of Peking, taken from a surveillance balloon, the first to fly over the Chinese capital. This is one of a limited de-luxe edition of 25 on Whatman paper. Very rare. Only 3 copies in OCLC. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 261542

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