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"View and custom of North China.
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995
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"View and custom of North China.
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €500
Voluntary lot
Description
"View and custom of North China. 4to obl.: 100 collotype plates containing 148 images, English and Japanese captions. - Views of China at the end of the Qing period, with views and street scenes, sculptures, buildings, and more - mostly in the area of Beijing. Sanshichiro YAMAMOTO (1855-1943) was a Japanese photographer who had a studio in Tokyo, Japan, from 1882 to about 1897. Then he went to Beijing to photograph the historic activities of foreign troops, including the Japanese. After photographing the aftermath in Beijing, he finally settled down in Tianjin and opened his third photographic studio, from where he sold prints, souvenir photobooks and coloured post cards, taken in and around Beijing and North China. Yamamoto's photographs were published in "Views of the North China Affair", "Picturesque Views of Peking" and "View and Custom of North China". - Ref. https://rareorientalbooks.com/edition/850639/.
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About the sale
Prints & Drawings, Photographs & Comics, Rare Books, Atlases & Manuscripts, Surrealism, Congo, Erotica & Ballets russes
Auction location
Auction time
06/26/2026 at 1:00 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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