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50 - [CHINA - CEYLAN - INDIA - JAPAN - TONKIN - CORÉE and MISCELL…
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[CHINA - CEYLAN - INDIA - JAPAN - TONKIN - CORÉE and MISCELLANEOUS. Important set of 399 stereoscopic glass plates ( 7 x 15 cm) packaged in 24 titled cardboard boxes (Guillemot & Cie plates in Paris), with its mahogany viewer, all in a period wooden box with leather straps. The plates are mostly captioned. Ca. 1902/1905. 1/ CEYLAN. Buddhist priests - Procession of the Princes Kandy - Fishing boat in Colombo...20 plates including 1 damaged. 2/ INDIA - CEYLAN - Miscellaneous. Habarana drivers' meal - Guest-Houst's living room in Kapurthala - Old Palace - Elephant offered to Menelik in Aden... 14 plaques. 3/ CEYLAN - HONG-KONG Group of Sinhalese children in Kandy - Return from procession - Hunting - The mountain of Hong Kong... 12 plaques. 4/ CHINA. Temple of Heaven in Peking - Chinese Catholic funeral - Chinese funeral in Singapore - Carts in Pakoï - Macao - Children's nannies - Chinese wedding in Peking - Chinese and Tonkinese women...14 plates. 5/ SHIPS including maritime scenes aboard the liner Ernest Simons assigned to the Far East lines...18 plates. 6/ CEYLAN. Processions - Tea factory - Pilot boats - Dagoba in the forest - Tea harvest. 17 plates including 1 damaged. 7/ TONKIN. Market in Along Bay - Departure of an expedition to Annam - Lotus Lake in Saigon - Coal mines...18 plates. 8/ CHINA - HONG-KONG. Square car in Peking - A street in Canton - Shanghai - Group of Chinese women in Hong Kong - Chinese sailor - Group of coolies...19 plates. 9/ JAPAN. Street in Osaka - Chrysanthemum figures at the Tokyo fair...19 plates. 10/ KOREA - JAPAN - CEYLON. Korean boats - the market in Seoul - butterfly hunting - Korean women in Fusan - Collin de Plancy leaving Seoul for France - Korean coolies...19 plates including 1 damaged. 11/ CHINA - TONKIN - HONG-KONG. French guard corps - Prisoner - rue d'Espagne in Saigon - main street in Peking - Chinese carol funeral - Travelling hairdressers in Peking...21 plates. 12/ TONKIN. Hanoi - Market scene - Fishermen - pig market in Hanoi...16 plates. 13/ EGYPT. 8 plates. 14/ PAKISTAN - GULF OF ADEN - SINGAPORE. Coal mine in Singapore - Warriors escorting a tribal chief in Aden - Carpet factory - Street in Lahore - straw huts on stilts in Singapore...19 plates. 15/ INDIA. Women in Bombay - Indian carriages - Indian women in Dehli...18 plates. 16/ JAPAN. Japanese women in Yokohama - Street in Kobe - Group of Japanese women in Nagasaki - Interior of a teahouse...21 plates. 17/ INDIA. Views of Agra. 13 plates including 1 damaged. 18/ ITALY. 18 plates including a fish market in Naples. 19/ MONTE-CARLO - CHAMONIX. Sea of ice...15 plates. 20-21/ FRANCE. 37 plates. 22/ CHINA - TONKIN - HONG-KONG - CEYLON. Buddhist monks in Peking - Landing in Canton - street in Shangaï...10 plates. 23/ CEYLAN. Cocoa dryers - indigenous people's toilets - coconut oil mill - unloading of goods...17 plates. 24/ GENEVA. 16 plates.
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About the sale Sale of antique and modern books, including hunting and riding libraries
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Auction time 06/30/2026 at 2:00 PM
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